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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Of Isha Foundation Launches Missed Call Campaign To #FreeTNTemples From State Control On Mahashivaratri
- At an event that sees participation of lakhs of people from across the world, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation launched a missed call campaign for freeing temples from government control.
#FreeTNTemples campaign.
A missed call campaign has been launched by Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation to press the demand to free Tamil Nadu temples from government control.
Sadhguru launched the campaign on the occasion of Mahashivaratri during the celebrations at Coimbatore. People from across the world can show support to the cause by giving a missed call on 8300083000.
"Temples should be managed by devotees," he emphasised, adding, "Ancient Temples of millennial antiquity are being vandalized and cannibalized for stones that are broken, used for other buildings or sold as artifacts. Heartlessness of the way temples are being managed is heartrending and painful."
"When the East India Company seized control of temples, they administered them through the board of revenue. It’s shameful that we talk about temples as "revenue". It's time to end the colonial hangover," he added, urging people to participate in the missed call campaign and press this demand before the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections.
People who gathered to celebrate Mahashivaratri at the venue, showed their support by holding placards to save the soul of Tamil culture and #FreeTNTemples from the state.
Sadhguru also consecrated 3 million rudraksha beads during Mahashivaratri, that will be sent to around 3 million people free of cost to their homes.
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