Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: (break) ...to me that the actual purpose of this Tirupati government committee is eventually to do away with all religious function.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's their real plan.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Harikeśa: How to take the money that's being donated.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: This is the beginning. They are making a show now, but eventually the plan will be to close all the temples.
Mahāṁsa: Nationalize all temples.
Harikeśa: Not close, 'cause you can make a lot of money. It's easier than enacting taxes.
Mahāṁsa: Just like banks.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, but when they don't become profitable then they'll close it. That's the point. Milk 'em dry. Instead of the state or the government being the servant of the Deity, they are making the Deity the servant of the government.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Money-earning servant.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. The tax collector.
Acyutānanda: Just like they nationalize industries, they want to nationalize the temple, Kṛṣṇa.
Harikeśa: In Andhra Pradesh all the temples are nationalized?
Indian man (1): Yes, all temples.
Harikeśa: What about ours?
Mahāṁsa: Well, they're not so strong in the other states. Andhra Pradesh and...
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: But they'll copy it. I think they're starting in U.P. now. I read in the paper.
Acyutānanda: Anywhere that there are big temples.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: U.P. has a lot of temples.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So what about our temples?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, they will gradually try.
Prabhupāda: So you make this American property.