Why Protect Temples?

For thousands of years, Hindus have built temples as the abode of their deities, to create a central place in cities, towns, and villages, where communities gather and spend time in spiritual pursuits.

_{“Know that there must be a manifestation of God in places where countless people have practiced austerity. From time immemorial numerous devotees of realization have come to these Holy places to have the vision of God. Therefore, God, though equally present everywhere, manifests Himself especially in these places the same water can be had anywhere by digging the ground, but where there is a tank or a lake, one does not have to dig for water but can get it whenever one likes”}
_{Ramakrishna Paramahamsa}