NEW SHIVASAI TEMPLE @ HYDERABAD'S CENTRAL JAIL`A.

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11th Feb`2012

Propitiating gods is a commonplace among the pious and the mystique of the God is the first thing that strikes the minds of believers when in crisis. The high profile & mighty prisoners in the Chanchalguda Central Jail in Hyderabad`Andhra Pradesh,India were not content with the arrangements for their religious affairs in the jail. There was a Shiva temple and a Shirdi Sai Baba Idol where the prisoners offered their prayers but according to sources, these special prisoners wanted a bigger and better Idol of Shirdi Sai Baba. So, a jailed ex-minister thought of renovating the existing Shirdi Sai Baba temple in the prison and accordingly made an appeal to the Jail authorities. But he got a No in response, as the rules of the jail did not permit sanction of funds for religious activities in prisons. So the ex-minister chose to fund the project himself by contributing for the marble flooring of the temple, which the jail authorities welcomed. Finally, within a week, Lord Shiva's temple in the 4th barrack shed was decked up and a new bigger marble Idol of Shirdi Sai Baba was brought & consecrated beside the Lord Shiva's Idol, after all the traditional rituals/yagna. The prisoners also conducted Sai Baba's pooja. At the function organised in the jail premises, special prasadam was distributed to the inmates. The Jail authorities have aptly named this temple as the "SHIVASAI TEMPLE"

and have also placed Hanumana Chalisa & other hymns in the shed for the benefit of the prisoners.

"StOne Walls dO nOt a PrisOn make, nOr IrOn Bars a Cage,

Minds InnOcent & Quiet take that fOr an Hermitage."

......Richard Lovelace

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