A video titled “Sudhir Mondithoka – Christian Conversions in Tirumala & Preying on Kids” is creating an uproar among Hindus due to the fact that the Conversion effort is being done openly on Seven Hills and demeaning the religion and even denouncing the most powerful Deity, Sri Venkateswara Swamy. Pastor Sudhir started his trip to Seven Hill starting from the entrance all the way through Ananda Nilayam and praying for the souls of all Hindus who are visiting the Lord Venkateswara Temple. He repeatedly urged his foreign Missionaries for financial support to carry out the gospel mission to save the LOST soul.

Christian missionaries are accusing Hinduism as false religion and trying to convert Hindus into Christianity. Not only they engage in conversions in the public schools and   colleges by luring the students to medical and engineering colleges, they have been engaging in proselytization and conversions activities near the Hindu Temples as well as on the premises of the Temples. Now the Christians are targeting the most sacred place for Hindus, Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, popularly known as Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD).

Recognizing the rampant efforts of Christians to proselytize on the Tirumala Hills, knowing well that many employees of the TTD engaged in distribution of the Christian literature, and being aware that many employees are Christians luring the innocent devotees into Christianity, Government of Andhra Pradesh issued orders prohibiting proselytization.

In 2007 AP government issued two ordinances; 1) prohibiting the proselytization on the TTD Hill and 2) Declaring TTD and about 20 other religious places as Divya Kshetrams.

Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) was fortunate to witness these two ordinances issued in 2007. In fact Sri I V Subba Rao, IAS, the then Principle Secretary of Revenue Department, personally handed over these two ordinance to GHHF in a public program conducted on June 16, at Satyasai Nigamagamam Auditorium in Hyderabad.   Sri Subba Rao gave a very powerful speech to preserve our Hindu Temples and Hinduism and also mentioned that he was fully supportive of GHHF activities and it is the responsibility of every Hindu to be part of the preservation of our culture.

GHHF summarized the events on July 2, 2007 in our communication as follows:

Two Ordinances

During our visit to Hyderabad, two significant ordinances were issued by the government of Andhra Pradesh.:

1) The Government said the "Tirumala Divya Kshetram", the name of the holy place, shall comprise the seven hills of Seshadri, Garudadri, Venkatadri, Narayanadri, Vrishabhadri, Vrishadri and Anjanadri, right from the foothills, the holy theerthams and the main shrine. Roads and footpaths leading up to the temple, including the first and second ghat roads between Tirupati and Tirumala, and the motorable road from Tirumala to Papanasanam were declared part of the Kshetram.

2 Andhra Pradesh Government has finally issued an ordinance empowering the state to prohibit propagation of other religion in places of worship. *The Government with a view to maintain public order, tranquility and serenity of a place of worship or prayer, prohibits propagation of a religion other than the religion traditionally practiced at such places, by words, either spoken or written or signs or by visible representation or distribution of  any printed material or other forms of religious literature. *

The Conversion Video – A case for ARREST and PERSECUTION

1. Endowment Department and TTD should monitor all the religious places and take appropriate actions to arrest and prosecute to the fullest anyone who is engaged in illegal proselytization.
2. Endowment Department and TTD should announce publicly that anybody who is not a Hindu in these two Institutions should resign forthwith.
3. Every employee in these two institutions must be sent a written letter requesting them to resign if they are not Hindus.
4. Every Employee should be sent a letter to declare that they are Hindus working in these two departments.
5. Anybody caught in the proselytizing as an employee should be fired from the government.
6. Certain percentage of money should be set aside to make sure that the Conversion is stopped, take appropriate action to engage in reconversion efforts, send Hindu Missionaries to the villages, and organize lectures in these villages and Dalit colonies by Peethadhipathis and other Swamijis.
7. No contracts should be issued to do business with any Temples by other faith organizations.
8. These organizations must be certified as Hindu organizations before any contract is issued.
9. Other faith organizations or people should not be allowed to operate shops within a certain r distance of the Temple premises.
10. Religious Visa for foreigners should exclude conversion of Hindus to other religions.
11. All foreigners who engage in conversion illegally, deceptively, and through allurements must be arrested and prosecuted.
12. Endowment Department and TTD should make sure that no Minority Educational Institution is allowed to set a quota to give admissions, since seats are given for those who get converted.
13. Independent Special Investigative team must be established to monitor the religious activities of the employees on a continuous basis, occasionally visiting the neighborhoods to monitor the religious activities.
14.  Endowment Department and TTD should advocate the repeal of Minority Reservations based on either religion or caste. It should be purely based on economic need.
15. Endowment Department and TTD should work toward changing the constitution from being “Secular” to “Spiritual.”

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