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first, the national digital library. now this. I'm gonna cry

Can you match my freak ? No but how about you match my level of kindness and love and empathy I hold for everyone around myself

Narayana and Mahalakshmi

Oh yes and say nothing, absolutely nothing about Pakistani occupation of Indian land of Kashmir aka Gilgit and Baltistan. That’s your average Indian far left bigot.

The Hindus whose pants were pulled down, checking for the absence of circumcision after which they were shot down all of them deserved it because some leftie bigot failed history in school.

i have no accommodation to make for the backers of a terrorist pseudo-state that carries out indiscriminate shelling that took lives of children and destroyed a school, gives state funeral to terrorists killed (while calling them "martyrs" and "freedom fighters"), and state protection to terrorists still alive

1947 pakistan attacked first

1965 pakistan attacked first

1971 pakistan attacked first

1999 pakistan attacked first

2001 terrorist attack by pakistan

2006 terrorist attack by pakistan

2008 11/26 terrorist attack by pakistan

2016 terrorist attack by pakistan

2019 terrorist attack by pakistan

2025 terrorist attack by pakistan

yet the cries for peace and humanity only echo when India retaliates.

the world weeps when terrorist camps are reduced to dust—but stayed silent when our people were turned to ashes. was our blood not red enough to stain headlines? did it not matter, just because it flowed quietly through classrooms and prayer halls in Poonch? where was the outrage when bombs fell on unaware children in response to us shelling their terrorists? when prayers were silenced mid-sentence in Gurudwara?

was peace not a global concern then?

was humanity not an international concern when our unarmed citizens were hunted down and killed right in front of their family—mercilessly shot in the name of religion—when all they wanted was to enjoy a vacation with their families in the hills of Pahalgam?

do only terrorists deserve mercy? not the child clutching his dead father’s shirt? not the mother who still sets a plate for the son who’ll never come home?

why does the world stay silent when we mourn, but raise its voice when we defend?

do the hands that carry weapons of hate deserve more compassion than the hands that held their daughter’s as they died?

do not go gentle into that good night

Can people please talk about the absolutely disgusting thing that got uncovered in Tirumala?

Honestly I don't engage with many politics or news posts, as they can often end up in conflict- but this absolutely disgusts and saddens me to no end.

There are so many things on so many levels that hurt me about this- and I'll be talking about it in this post.

If you do not like this post, or disagree with my opinions, please do not engage with this post.

QUICK RECAP, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW OR NEED A REFRESHER:

Recently, it was uncovered through lab reports that there were animal products (such as beef, pork and fish) in the prasad (food given as offerings to the deity in the temple, in this case, Lord Venkateswara, and then given to the devotees) of the Tirumala temple, more specifically, in the Laddos.

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The following is my view on this is my opinion on this whole incident, from what I know about it.

Again, if you do not like or disagree with the contents, please do not interact.

First of all, the fact that this went under the noses of so many people, so easily, is a complete dissapointment.

Hundreds, if not thousands of devotees visit the massive temple complex every day- and consume the prasad- hell, this doesn't even include the people who get the prasad as a gift from people who visited Tirumala.

Not even counting faith- this was so wrong on multiple other levels- including health. This was obviously a massive food safety violation.

Fine. Let's say that this alarmingly large issue went unnoticed accidently. But that still doesn't justify the responses of the people in charge.

And then going into that temple and saying that 'if we did this wrong then the lord will take care of us' is absolutely shameful.

Pushing all the wrongs onto god's name, just so that no-one will question them, instead of acknowledging a huge, huge wrong is just absolutely so so disappointing and shameful.

I am just immensely, immensely disappointed by this chain of events- and all I can say is that I'm absolutely ashamed of it all.

This whole incident speaks a lot about these 'organisations' and their actions- and just breaks my trust in them even more.

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I was scared to post about this incident- but after a point, I simply could not take it. Tirumala is a place very, very close to my heart and honestly I considered it a safe haven- but now this incident has shaken me up. Tirumala will never lose its divinity- but this just makes me so much more reluctant to go there- not because I don't like Tirumala, or that I think of it as different- but because of my distrust at the organisation handling matters regarding it.

I'll probably add on more to this post soon, but for now, this is it.

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