Visiting Batu Caves 2010

Visiting Batu Caves proved to be quite treacherous.. Overall I witnessed..

1. Organised chaos.. the temple management put a lot of time, thought and resources to ensure that there was crowd control.. but was there crowd control.. i wonder?
2. Rubbish, rubbish and more rubbish.. Announcements were made that there were bins everywhere.. i found none.. i carried my two empty mineral water bottles back to the train station where i could discard in a proper bin.. Was there bins or was there BINS?
3. Praises, praises and more praises.. i did not hear praises to Lord Muruga at Batu Caves.. but rather how temple committee chairman contributed to society and the temple..
4. Donation seeking over PA System.. this was done shamelessly.. over and over again.. somehow it seemed like the entire purpose was lost..

Whilst some of us did experience devotion.. we couldn't miss the other 'activities' around us..

Wise or Otherwise, you decide..

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