FREE TEMPLES AGENDA - Meeting Minute
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###### tags: `Temples` `Meeting`

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- **Location:** Zoom Meeting
- **Date:** Jan 14, 2021 8:30 PM
- **Agenda**
1. Intro
> FREE TEMPLES AGENDA
Decision and Decision Structure for Liberating Temples in Karnataka
A discussion about community empowerment.
2. Community Role in Liberation of Temples.
3. Best Model by TTD
- **Participants:**
- Ashok Gowda (AG)
- Naresh Kumar (NK) Savitha Samaja
- Arun DS (ADS)
- H S Sachidananda Murthy - Brahmin Community
- Dr. Chinmaya Chigaterri (CC)
- **Contact:** Rashtra Dharma
- **Host:** YK

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## Walk through signup flow

- [Slide to explain the flow](/p/slide-example)

:dart: Goal
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- Community Mobilization
- Community Empowerment
- Community Leadership
- Community Communication
- Community Integration

:books: Naresh Kumar (NK) Savitha Samaja
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- Muzrai stopped cultural activities. Savitha Samaja maintaining culture of music for thousand of years.
- Due to channels and social media - entertainment -
- Free temples means bringing cultural renaissance
- Nadaswaram and Dolu - Mangala Vidya
- Not entertainment - music for consciuosness dev + personality development.
- Temples - Contractual Obligations.
- Temples -> Monuments
- Temples for the Faithful, of the Faithful and by the Faithful
- Examine private temples - cultural - 4-5 temples -
- Savitha School - Nadeswaram - Schools - Enable for drumming
- Production of Music
- Decentralisation of these music schools - Skill development

:books: Patapat Sreenivasa - Chalavadi Samaja
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- Origin of Chalavadi Samaja - History of Chalavadi Samaja
- Priveleges for the caste - First Water access - Mangala - Fire from his home - Donne - Manya - Chalavadhi - Mysore Maharajas;
- Post Independence => Due to untouchability => Quit Hinduism and moved away from the
- Precautions and Risks - mitigation - consensus and confidence - not dropping the SC.
- Dr Ambedkar misundersttod by the leaders - Dr Ambedkar was a spiritual guy
- Empowering the SCs - member nomination - faith - passionate -
- TN - Dalit - Agama - National News
- Ability for the SCs - in Sanskrit - integration
- Elimination of untouchability in Temples -- How do we ensure that one community does not dominate the management of the temples
- WIll lead to stopping of conversion
- We have not dropped the SC's in the whole movement of freeing temples .

:books: H S Sachidananda Murthy - Brahmin Community
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- Statistics of Temples - Community Engagement.
- Devotees - What are the possibilities ?
- No Salary for the Archakas.
- Risks - components -
- Conflicts -
- Allegation that Temple Free Movement is Driven by Brahmins
- Brahmins will take lead in making all communities inclusive

:books: Chinmaya Chigateri - Lingayath Community
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- Reached Inflexion point - not the solutions.
- Framing the "Liberation of Temples"
- Temples of Lingayath - Regional - Tradition focussed.
- North Karnataka Temples - different culture - Sharanas - Gaddige
- Yedduyuru Siddalingeswara -
- Maths influence high in the community in the region
- First challenge - who should be the runner
- Regional Mutt - Male Maddeswara - Suttur Mutt
- Roles of Mutts - Real case scenerio
- Roles and Allotment of responsibilities.
- Panchara Community - Donors/Stakeholders - Mutt - > Advisory Board
- Kings asking for Stake for control;
- Politicians - taking control - conflicts;
- No repeat of 1926 mistake - East Indian Company
- The Sikh Gurdwara Act - Sikhs - as role models due to unity
- https://lawsofindia.blinkvisa.com/pdf/haryana/1925/1925HR8.pdf
- Ram Temple Act and State COntrol - state has two exofficio members.
- Tribunal for resolution of conflicts

:books: Ashok Gowda - Vokkaliga Community
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- Vokalliga - across Nation AP-Reddys .
- Home Deities -
- Grama Devatas -
- Land Grabbing - Asset Management Commitee
- 30% of temple land - sold to real estate
- Committee

:books: Ashok Gowda - Vokkaliga Community
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- Vokalliga - across Nation AP-Reddys .
- Home Deities -
- Grama Devatas -
- Land Grabbing - Asset Management Commitee
- 30% of temple land - sold to real estate
- Committee

:books: Sridhar - TTD
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- Negative forces to be ignored .
- Many Model Temples role models - in hindu sector -
- In the context of weaking of hindu communities it is essential to work together to free temples
- major /minor / scheduled communities to be included
- Survey of all assets
- Fencing of all the temples
- repair of all fallen temples
- Trust Based + Commitee + Working Group
- Court in between - Muzrai VS MUTTS ; Muzrai Vs Devotees;
- Govt Nominations
- Parallel Govt - 20000 temples
- Revenue focus - Facility focus - Seva focus - TTD has Focus Working Groups.
- Appointment of Hindus - ONLY.

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### Synopsis
- Make it inclusive
- Governance by the faithful
- Regulation by Govt
- Dharma Prachara - Individual Identity