Visit to a temple

Yesterday, I had gone to a temple and was thinking as to how commercialized a visit to a temple has become. From parking to Darshan, you have to pay money to please the gods. As I wondered what the temple trusts do with all this money, I saw a notice asking people to contact a certain person from the trust, if they see a destitute who need help. Now I think I will go more often to that temple and instead of buying goods from the poor children on the streets, I would rather send them to the trust where they can be helped by professionals.

Originally posted on 8/8/06, while I was in Bangalore