Replace kind Hindus by stupid Hindus and add indifferent governments, corrupt temple priests. The whole area is kept dirty by everyone without proper infrastructure as is the case with Kumbakonam, Chidambaram etc.
I have been to this place twice a decade back and three or 4 years back.
It remains undeveloped for all illogical reasons.
The boats are operated by a mafia of boat owners. Why can't the government itself or let some good & big corporate operate proper cruise services ( water is deep enough) to do that. Every time, you take a ride , you feel that the boat can capsize, over crowded, no rules, no control.
The fundamental problem in India is total lack of interest and involvement in promoting tourism and lack of pride in our heritage.
The local population is busy with their routine business and revenue generated from visitors. You cannot expect them to pause their activities and wait for infrastructure development without compensation for that period.
No government is bothered because these things don't get political mileage.
Any other country would have paid attention for example say kumbakonam by listing all temples in that town, collect the story and history behind all those temples, made a big museum with a theatre and documentary giving details, take on a tour of miniature structure of topography of the place, manufactured miniatures, key chains, fridge magnets, T- shirts with those pictures etc for people to buy as memorabilia and that would generate jobs, revenue, visual impact of the monuments, temples, structures lingering all over in houses, shops , home and help things to linger in the mind of the people.
Having failed and continuing to choose to fail in all these, now because everyone has access to the internet we keep sharing all sorts of good, bad, ugly information out of frustration and awe at such a great civilization which had every great and good thing all around from our daily life styles to our surrounding space.
Which other civilization has that method of teaching , learning , practising the art of making designs , pictures in one of the easiest and excellent ways as our tradition has in Kolams or Rangoli.
If any other Western country has such a tradition there would be thousands of books, photos, souvenirs using different Kolams with a literature / write up accompanying that.
What about our simple Bhajans which impart music. It is very unfortunate that we have lost our 'aesthetic sensitivity' to everything nice around us and about us, instead making everything either merely an aspect of religion and now politics.
These two have all sorts of heaps of connotations, contortions, contradictions, conditionings and confusions that all those nicer aspects of our civilization and tradition have been subsumed by the brands, labels and identities of religion, now politics.
Every country on earth, except those occupied by inhumane creatures, preserves, promotes and takes pride in its heritage, monuments, culture and tradition.
But alas, a country with ( the biggest quantity wise and the best quality wise) art, culture and traditions has ignored it for reasons listed above and many more counter productive activities.
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