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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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arrangements etc. are made in a way befitting such VIP guest and it is considered reasonable also. It is true that the Lord has abandoned His kingdom, His wealth. Still the temple where His deity is to be installed is built in the most artistic and pompous way because the followers of the Lord want to present their Lord in the best possible way. The spectacle frame of Mahatma Gandhi was very very simple and hardly cost anything. However, the photograph of Gandhiji has been kept in golden frame by lakhs of people across the world. True, Gandhiji will not appear presentable in branded outfits, still the quality of presentation of Gandhiji has to be branded. Presenting him can never be simple. The stage decoration expenses on the occasion of marriages in wealthy families runs into lakhs of rupees. Lakhs are spent on devising novel ways of entry of the bride and bridegroom on to the stage. If a programme of about three hours could be so costly, then there is nothing wrong in spending huge sum for construction of temple, which is a onetime expense for all times to come and which is an expression of love, faith and dedication of the devotees. The Lord may have abandoned pompousness. However, the follower of the Lord wants to glorify the Lord and this finds expression in construction of a temple housing the Lord. The Statue of Unity is proposed to be constructed in the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at a cost of crores of rupees. This would be thousands of time more than what Sardar may have spent in his entire life time on his own self. Sardar Patel was also an epitome of simplicity. However, when the question is to present Sardar Patel before the
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