[jelliclesfarm]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/1200-ancien...

1,200 Ancient Idols Stolen From Tamil Nadu Temples In 25 Years: Audit

All of these Hindu Temples are managed by the HRCE and they are responsible for its security and yet untold artifacts have been smuggled and despite repeated legal writs and petitions and legal cases against them, nothing is moving ahead.

Hindu Temples can be managed by non Hindus. Meanwhile, every other religion in India..Xianity, Islam, Sikhism.. their places are worship are run independently and the state has no control over it or its assets or resources.

[ceejayoz]

~50 thefts a year across 36,595 temples seems... small.

Churches, mosques, synagogues, shrines etc. are hardly immune to thefts.

[jelliclesfarm]

Sure, perhaps they are not your gods and artifacts that are hundreds of years old as I don’t know anything about your faith. I think a billion other Hindus would disagree with you.

There are 79000 temples in TamilNadu alone. Most of the churches and mosques are built upon temples destroyed by the invading hordes and conversion mafias. Many of the existing temples are hundreds of years old and are heritage buildings.

The rest of the abrahamic monotheistic faiths do not have idol worship and are barely two thousand years old compared to ancient Vedic Hinduism. Their wealth is looted wealth while ancient India is millennia old.

Christies and Sothebys and the British museum is full of looted treasures.

[sharpshadow]

How far back in time might ancient India go?

[selimthegrim]

This is funny because management committee of Shirdi Sai Baba is who now? Not Muslims for sure.

[jelliclesfarm]

Is Shridi Sai Baba a religion?