This document discusses various Hindu religious practices and whether they constitute wastage of resources. It notes how milk is poured on Shiva lingams on Shivratri and then goes down drains, when it could be donated to hungry children. It also discusses how oil offered to Lord Shani is meant to be consumed for health, not wasted. Other topics covered include bribing God for favors, donations of hair at temples that are later sold commercially, animal sacrifice, use of toxic materials and pollution from Ganesh idol immersions. The document encourages more sustainable practices and donating resources to the needy instead of wasteful rituals not intended by scripture.

1. Wastage of Resources in
the name of God.
LIVE PROJECT
SUBMITTED BY: NITYA GARG
IBS BUSINESS SCHOOL -GURGAON.

2. Opening note
 We hope the following presentation will encourage you to ask
yourself some deep biblical questions about your faith
practices and that of the modern denominational system
versus the bible truth. Then we simply ask you to seek the
answer in God’s word. If you love God you will obey.
 NOTE: Our goal is that the name of god should be lifted up.
People to be pointed to his truth and men false religious
traditions be exposed.

3. INTRODUCTION
“The Misuse and squandering of resources in the name of god.”
Firstly, we must first understand the concept of worship in the
Hindu faith. The worship of the Almighty in Sanatan Dharma
may be through the 'Saakaar' (with form) or 'Niraakaar'
(formless).
The Niraakaar : no physical depiction, or object
meditation (dhyaan) is a form of this kind of worship.
The Saakaar: method requires a physical medium such as a
murti through which the Almighty is venerated and 'Pooja' or
'Archana' are forms of this act of worship. .

4. Research Methodology
 Primary data Collection.
 Mode: Survey.
 Technique: Convenient Sampling.
 Sample size: 50.
The live project goes about surveying from a group of people
consisting of:
 People who visits temple.
 Pundits and other caretakers of temple.
 General view of public.

5. Milk for god !
Why not for a child??

6. Wastage of milk in temples
 On shivratri millions of devotee pour
gallons of milk on shivlingas.
 Then the milk goes into the drains.
 A place where millions of people go to
bed hungry every night.
 Thousands of children die of
malnutrition every day.
 Donate the milk to children.
 Gain blessings from their family.

7. Oil offered to Lord Shani
 Importance of Oil for Shani is scientific.
 Not related to Superstition.
 Oil is a home remedy to cure diseases.
 Oil is meant to be consumed by person.
 Not to be poured on black idols and wasted unnecessarily.

8. Bribing GOD
 Bribing GOD is as common as taking a bath as both of these things
happen almost everyday.
 Bribing God in India is more of a culture than that of a superstition,
bribing God is a medium of getting your wishes fulfilled.
 It can be heard very commonly from the lips of a student praying to
God that “Please pass us in the examinations and we will dedicate
sweets worth a particular amount to you!”
 And whenever I observe a pray, I always feel it to be a give and take
offer, as people offering their belongings to religious places and
asking for some personal benefited output in return.

9. Hindu Religious Sacrifice Helps Temples,
Beauty Industry Profit
 Hindu pilgrims have donated their hair at holy temples in an attempt to
purify themselves and repay debt to their gods.
 Tirumala Venkateswara, for example, attracts tens of thousands of
pilgrims each day, making it the temple with the most hair donations in
India.
 On average, each woman donates about 10 oz of hair, which goes for
about $350
 It’s estimatedthat each year India exports an estimated 2,000 tons of
temple hair a year.
 The best – or longest – hair will sell for about $580 per pound. The hair
is sold in yearly auctions that take place in March or April

10. Animal Sacrifice
 Animal sacrifice is very clear in the Vedas as a part of the rituals.
 First was simply the gift-offering.
 There is also a sense in which the sacrifice gives power or a way of
spiritually carrying out something through the sacrifice such as the
severing of the heads of enemies through the gods.
 Sacrifice is seen as a way of pleasing the gods and gaining their
favor in contrast to those who do not sacrifice

11. Practices on Ganesh Chaturthi
 As the production of Ganesh idols on a commercial basis grew, the
earth or natural clay was replaced by Plaster of Paris. Plaster is a man
made material, easier to mould, lighter and less expensive than clay.
However, plaster takes much longer to dissolve and in the process of
dissolution releases toxic elements into the water body.
 The chemical paints used to adorn these plaster idols, themselves
contain heavy metals like mercury and cadmium.
 The immersion of non-biodegradable Ganesh idols during the Hindu
festival pollutes India's waters, endangering aquatic life.
 A huge amount of Coconut Trees are chopped off and the palm leaves
are used to decorate trucks used to carry the Idol during immersion

12. Things that pilgrimage site can do this year

13. Do you still feel wasting Resources rather
than offering ?

14.  A holy offering With support from temples, Mirror has
launched an initiative to encourage devotees save milk by
 offering token abhishek and donate rest to hungry kids.
 HELPING HANDS
 Come, join us in the Selfless Shravan campaign. Save milk
and feed needy children.

15. Conclusion
I don’t think god has a gender, I don’t think god hates gays or
democrats and I don’t think you have to be born again to find
your way to heaven.
I believe god care to expects to care one another even those
who are different. God want us to be good stewards of this
planet and that means not wasting or violating its resources
most of all it means not blowing it up, especially not in gods
name.

16. THANK YOU