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title: FREE TEMPLES AGENDA - Meeting Minute
tags: [Temples, Meeting]

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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 
 