A Hindu temple is demolished in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in the pretext that a larger building was built. In general I have a personal opinion that we should not build temples at government land, at on in the middle of very crowded road or junction, and temples should be built properly in a proper place where environment should be positive. Still, we can't stop people from worshiping and such situations arise. Looking at the details of the case at below link, it appears that the authorities should have at least served prior notice and abrupt demolition in this manner would only create disharmony and spread negativity in the society. Secondly, if a construction is illegal, it should be stopped during its construction, rather than after being ready and people starting to offer prayers. In my opinion, police action appears too harsh and they should apologize to the priest and immediately return the idol back. In fact not returning idol of a temple appears inhuman and dictatorial and it should be condemned.
Temple demolition leads to protests by residentsExpress News Service | Ahmedabad | July 1, 2014 2:19 pm
Demolition of a Hanuman temple on the drive-in road in Ahmedabad by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) led to prorests by residents Tuesday morning. The city police was deployed at the site to control the situation.
The temple priest who is sitting on a fast near the demolished site claimed that there was no prior notice or information by the municipal authorities before carrying out the demolition drive of this 40 year old relatively small temple that took place on Monday night.
Estate Officer H R Shah said, “The priest had built a much larger structure so it had to be demolished. There is no need to serve any prior notice for this kind of demolition drive.” On returning of the idol Shah said that if the temple priest assures the original structure to be retained they would return the idol.
Complete news: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/temple-demolition-leads-to-protests-by-residents/
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