 Here we are at Lepakshi temple, when I was a child in my grandparent's home. This was a very important temple because this was built during the Vijayanagar Empire to which they happened to be our four fathers. And my great-grandfather built some chow tree close by, fifty years ago I have come here. It was a grand temple with lots of people, daily pujas. Today it's an abject state of neglect, well it's become an archaeological monument. It's only for tourists. Temple is not a place of propaganda. Temple is a place of power which should draw people. Once you take away that power there are no people, there are only stragglers, tourists. People who want some privacy, young boys and girls hanging around because looking for privacy, hiding in the temple, this is what it's become, it's most unfortunate. This will be the fate of most temples in the country, in South India particularly. If we don't regenerate them, if you don't make them into living powerful spaces, they will not be valued just for the stonework. It is the power of consecration which makes them what they are. It is time, it is definitely time that uninvolved government employees should not be managing the temple. Devotees for whom their heart beats for the deity, they should manage the temple. It's time to do this. Southern Indian temples particularly are so grand. If you look at this work, tremendous amount of work done a few hundred years ago and here we have brought it to this state of just preserving it, not keeping it alive. This is a place where Jatayu's wing is supposed to have fallen, as per the legend. So, giving the Jatayu's image upon the rock. This fantastic rocks is the natural feature of this part of the land. This is called Ibrahim Sima, where incredible rock structures all over the place have so enjoyed this in my childhood. I have to be back here. This is a grand temple of Virabhadraswamy. In my childhood I have come here a few times. At one time, Virabhadraswamy was our family deity and it was a powerful temple which drew thousands of people. Today, this level of neglect and things being handled by the physical structure being maintained by ASI which is reasonably okay and the rest maintained by the endowment ministry or department. It's painful to see that just fifty years ago what was a powerful and beautiful temple today is just catering to tourist curiosity. Powerfully consecrated temples like the Nagalinga has come to an abject state of neglect. Government can manage museums. Please don't try to manage temples. It's time devotees manage temples.