THE HINDU TEMPLE FACTS

Temples of God are great centers of worship by our entire community.

This involvement of whole community is a vital factor in Temple worship.

 With great hope of purification of our soul and equal fear of sin the pilgrim will visit the holy places.

 The principal images of Worship, Decorative Sculpture and Sculptural Narration of religious stories and episodes adorn the Temples.

 The principal centers of Temple-worship have been seeds of learning.

 The Temple is focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community like…, religious, cultural, educational and social sectors.

 The right procedure in worship requires the mastery of scriptures which are chanted in the course of worship.

 Vedas are best preserved till date and their recites are maintained in the Temples.

So that these learned men are approached for instructions by all who aspire for the knowledge. Thus Temples become school of sacred learning.

 Celebrated scholars spurn secular employment and propagate their lore in temple premises through religious discourses in temples.

 Devotional dancing is part of temple-worship and gifted dancers with appropriate training formed a permanent part of the temple staff.

 Temple-worship has supplied the mainspring for the unfoldment of poetic genius.

 In the great days of temple culture there was the spirit and reality of socialization.

 The cast consciousness stands substantially suspended in the temple.

 In socio-ethical fear they have been instruments of communal cohesion, liberalization in caste relations, national unification and elevation in personal morality.

 The Temple is a center for resolving the disputes among the people through Lok-adalat