This is one of the most extraordinary examples I have come across of contempt towards and complete disregard of Hindu sensibilities by our “secular government”.
The chart shows how proceeds from ~ 250,000 temples in Karnataka have been distributed over the past few years (pl click below to enlarge):

Sourced from BharatJagran.com
It shows that between ’97-’98 and ’02-’03, disbursements to temples for renovation and maintenance fell (more than halved) from Rs 16.5 cr to Rs 7.1 cr even as revenues collected from Temples rose from Rs 58.63 crores to Rs 79 …

�to Pragya who painstakingly went through all the uncategorized posts on my blog (going back all the way to 2004) and categorized them neatly – thus creating a powerful index of archives and even better referencing for all the material.
This was a thankless task � and I am very grateful to Pragya for having done it � and not only done it very well but also in record time (under 3 days!).
Thanks Pragya.