Stupidity II

With malice came last with the stupidity of an individual and the ignorance of the rest. This time it again, it is to share something similar.
Ever thought if the Golden Temple was not golden, wat would it have been like?
I mean will there be any decline in the fanfare of the Golden Temple if it was not golden?
For that matter, do our dedication and respect towards God, the Almighty, depend upon His riches? Is the God sitting in those fancy temples, with all the hi-tech facilities, more powerful than His counterpart sitting in the small corner of my single BHK flat?
If not, why bribing them?
Just the other day I read a report about two brothers planning to donate a Rs4 crore gold mandapam to Lord Balaji (read it here: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jun/230609-Janardhan-Reddy-45-cr-diamond-studded-gold-crown-4-cr-golden-mandap-Lord-Balaji-Bangalore.htm).
This comes on the back of Karnataka tourism minister Janardhan Reddy crowning the Lord at Tirupati with a Rs42 crore, 32kg diamond-studded gold crown the priciest offering by an individual so far (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Richest-lord-of-Kaliyuga/articleshow/4651438.cms). I can't believe that the God has total offerings of close to Rs50,000 crore.
Do the God want that? didn't he had enough visitors without that? Or will He have more fllowers after the nonsense? And I feel bad to say that this is not the first time this is happening.
According to the economic survey 2007-08, some 27.5% og the country's popultion languishes below the poverty line. The poplulaayion of India stand at around 1.14 billion today.
The UN development programme has placed India at 128th place below many South American developing countries in its Human Development Report for the year 2007-08, just above few starved African countries and some war-torn neighbours (http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/25.html).
Imagine what good the amount of money would have done for the lives of these poor creatures.

I just can't help myself but remember these lines:

छोटा बच्चा देख के बोला मस्जिद आलिशान
अल्लाह तेरे एक को इतना बड़ा मकान?
अन्दर वेदी पर चढ़े फल, फूल, मिष्ठान,
मंदिर के बाहर खडा इश्वर मांगे दान.....
---निदा फाज़ली

Wake up people. The exhorbitant amount of money we spend on our such stupidities can feed an entire country, at leastone meal.