Naveen Kumar, Mangalore

Public money cannot be wasted by the chief minister by way of donations to temples. The tax payers money must be used for the benefit of the society. If any one wants to donate money to any place of worship, let him do so from his personal money and NOT from public funds. Right thinking people must raise their voice in protest against such foolish wastage of public funds.

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deepak kumar, Indian

People of India have become blind due to religion!!!
Christians and Muslims blaming Hindus , Hindus blaming Christians and Muslims !!!
These things have been an ongoing issue from a very long time and this is the reason culprits slip away in the name of the religion!!!

Now the real issue keeping aside the religion of Chief Minister (CM), B S Yeddyurappa-
The real question IMMATERIAL to a Hindu giving Two Crore Rupees to a temple or a Christian giving money to the Church or the Muslim giving money to the Mosque is " WHOSE MONEY IS THE CM GIVING AWAY " ???
Im sure its not his hard earned money !! Cause with his own hardwork , forget about donating this kind of money , A normal person could not even imagine saving this kind of money even if he works day and night for his whole lifetime !!!!!!!!!!!!

To get away from all the controversies ,people like Amar , Akbar and Anthony are used as puppets !!!

Wake up India !!!

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shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

Temples,masjIds, dargahs, churches or gurudwaras or basadis dont require any donations, They are rich and self sufficient. In karnataka poor farmers are committing suicide. Let the excess money collected from any religious institutions be spent on poor and people of karnataka. Please nationalise all rich religious places like temples, churches and dargahs and let the proceed go to the needy. Then only the Gods shall be pleased. Kereya neeru kerege chelli. Here its not the question of hindu, muslim and christian but a matter of principle

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Ram Shetty, Mangalore/Mumbai

wow!! God is much in need of money than the poor Farmers who are fighting to survive......

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don, udupi/blore

suresh, Mumbai, dont jump to conclusion.. peters statement is general one.. 

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suresh, Mumbai

Mr. Varun very well said.. Excellent
Mr. peter, ITS NOT YOU ALONE PAY TAXES, WE HINDUS TOO PAY TAXES
And you expect that the tax money which you pay should be utilized for the development of the country- agreed,
SAME WAY WE HINDUS CLAIM THAT TEMPLE FUNDS TAKEN BY THE GOVT SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR TEMPLE AND FOR WELFARE OF THE DEVOTEES.ANY GOVT WHETHER ITS BJP, CONG, JD OR ANYONE.

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Keshava, Puttur

Mr. Fredrick Castelino & others, you should be very well aware that money donated by the devotees at hindu temples goes directly to govt (except very few temples like Dharmasthala). I hope you must be knowing that it is not the case in Mosques and Churches. Govt provide very good assistance to Haj pilgrims & it also provides facilities to Churches. If the govt donate a small amount of money back to temples (few % collected by the temple itself) do you have any problem? This is the fact. A foreigner journalist (I don't remember his name) has written an article about this discrimination in Times of India some time back.

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sanjeev nayak, kumta

Mr Yeddi please dont spend money on temples this is tax payers money please spend on development i beg u

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Fredrick Castelino, Udyavara

I hope that the money donated to temples is from the pockets of CM. Otherwise he would not have wasted the public tax money on the temples. Donations may be given to churches and mosques also who are also paying tax to the Government. I never come across any news in the newspapers that the CM has donated any little money to the churches and mosques. He may be thainking that the donated money is the tax paid by hindus only in Karnataka. Mr. CM, please donate some amount to churches and mosques also in future.

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Varun Kumar, Udupi

Peter Pereira, Pune..........how much tax your paying........what ever money is coming to Govt. in which major share is from our temples and Hindus..........

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai / Mapusa

God is not blind.

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Peter, Bangalore

Renovation of ThirthaBail Temple, Pandeshwar near Sastan started few days Back. I am native of that place and was unaware of fact that there is a Temple also from last 30 years. And off course foundation stone is laid by VS Acharya and 1 crore rupees granted.

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mohith, magalore

Mr. Yeddurappa.. if you want to donate to religious institutes please do it from your own pocket..Public money to be utilised with some sense ok.

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Gladson, Brahmavar

Why anyone should be peeved when Yeddy donates money to the temples? He's not donating the money either for the good of the temple or because he has a special liking to the priests. He is only trying to bribe the gods so that his govt completes its term. There is no one in better position than Yeddy to understand that only the gods can save his govt as of now. And only the way he can please these gods is by bribing them.

But he too is tied up with the auditing procedures, taxation etc. No auditor will accept 'bribe' as expenditure. But 'donation' can very well sit both in 'expenditure' of auditors and 'charity' books detractors. He's literally an 'old-man-in-hurry'. He has only a little time left to please all possible gods that he 'knows' since he hardly knows when the next election will be. Going by the situation in KarnatakaiIt could be next year or next month. Moreover why should he donate to the unknown 'gods' that are perched in churches and mosques? Just like the devotess that gather in churches and mosques, the gods that are seated in these places too do not support Yeddy whereas the devotees that throng the temples as well as the gods sitting within support Yeddy.

Yeddy bhai go with your 'Yeddigiri' or else you won't be able to withstand the dadagiri of Reddigaru and a few Cheddi-guru. Only option to escape from the onslaught of Reddys, Cheddys is seeking shelter under gods' feet So please don't trample the one who has already been kicked off!Ek choti si guzarish!

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Santhosh Bhandary, Mangalore

Why all politicians wear white clothes in public in spite of being corrupt, black monied and involved in anti social activities? There are plenty of living examples in our state and also in our own city, Mangalore!

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Ravi Gopal Acharaya, Udipi/Dubai

Great work by our Sri CM. Donations to temples only will clean his miss deeds and dirty mind involved with various corruption cases

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terence, mlore

....not a bad thing to give money to the temple....try giving some money to the people who saved some lives and put their life in danger during the plane crash...giving them 100 rs is like insultin them....i think if u give them some more money ....god would be more than happy than receving 2 crores.....so think about it....god might bless u.....

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raji, bangalore

good work yediyurappa..

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Peter Pereira, Pune

Afterall, whose money it is Yeddy ? How much do you donate to temples from your own income ? Fooling people for vote bank politicis ?

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Mabel , Mangalore

We all know there are more critical problems in the state to be addressed. Crores of rupees on temples??? Such tactics is only to win the vote bank of the majority, what a waste of tax payers money. People dont have a proper roof to stay under, who will control such ministers and unnecessary expenditure.

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TDC, Bajpe/KWI

Who has given right to Yeddyurappa to pay/grant money to temple where else he is using tax payers money. Temples and other religious places has sufficient fund and does not need burden for exchecker. Appreciate Yeddyurappa to pay money from his personal account as CM is filty rich from looted money

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Dave, Mangalore

Wow what a benevolent CM karnataka has got (If only he has donated it from his illgotten wealth).
Please now make good your promise to give 100 crores to the Schools of Children with Special Needs, u have been promissing to give from 2 years-who are living Gods in that form requiring all the help from philanthropists.

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