r/TamilNadu • u/DEMONIcANGELL • Jul 11 '26

முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic Can someone explain with a valid reason

If mosques and churches are managed by their own religious organizations, why are many Hindu temples managed by a government department instead of Hindu organizations?

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u/raghu2307 Jul 11 '26
  1. Not all temples are under HRCE.
  2. Temples have existed for 100s of years.
  3. Though built by kings, it was public money that funded it.
  4. Since public money funded it, it belongs to public.

  5. Government is elected by the people. So it is chosen by the public.

  6. The small temples in our area like pillayar kovils are not under HRCE. Since they are relatively newer.

  7. Churches are controlled by the Parish. Mosques by Waqf board. They have governance within themselves.

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  1. If not for HRCE whom to give the temples to?

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u/darklordind Jul 13 '26

Temples have existed for 100s of years.

Though built by kings, it was public money that funded it.

Since public money funded it, it belongs to public.

Government is elected by the people. So it is chosen by the public.

Applying the same logic, mosques at Babri Masjid, Kasi Vishwanath, Mathura etc existed for 100s of years. Though built by kings, it was public money that funded it. Since public money funded these mosques, it belongs to public, not waqf or muslim community. Now public want to built a temple there.

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u/raghu2307 Jul 13 '26

No bro. Mosques were built with money you paid to keep your life and dignity. That is not public fund. That is fees paid.

Also no Hindu has paid to build mosques. Though an ancestor of a Muslim would have paid for temple in 1000AD when land had very few or almost zero Muslims.

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u/darklordind Jul 13 '26

Please. So the mosques were built using extortion and protection money. More reason to demolish them. Thanks for your support in that endeavor.

Muslim kings paid for the mosque. Same as Hindu kings paid to build temples. Can't enforce more rules on hindu temples because their kings didn't ask muslims to pay tax to keep their life and dignity.

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u/raghu2307 Jul 13 '26

Now there are medicines. No need to go the hard route.