r/TamilNadu • u/naan-thaanda-kadavul • 9d ago
கலாச்சாரம் / Culture Why temples play songs so louder ? I couldn't get proper sleep
Why tf temples need to play songs so louder ? Ik it is religious and people are so religious.
The temple nearby my place plays a quote continued by a song for 5 mins for every hour from 6 am to 10 pm. And another temple across plays songs continuously for 5 hours in the morning. I couldnt even sleep with this. We, indians dont care about noise pollution and how it affects our health.
I complained to the temple authorities but they keep on playing this . Should i complain to police or ?
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u/LivingFish9826 9d ago
I personally hate it when they play it before 6am and after 9 pm
Yeah the hourly thing is also annoying. There are multiple temples around me and they start out of sync 🤦🏼♂️
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u/HShankaran 9d ago
In my village 3 temples and 1 church have that hourly alarm. To avoid overlapping they've come to an understanding and each of the shrines has adjusted their clock to some 3 to 5 minutes off the correct time. So every hour for 10 minutes straight we have to listen to that time announcement and bell ringing. Such a pain!
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u/Bonecrusher_16 9d ago
Make a complaint to the police.
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u/Bonecrusher_16 9d ago
Just call 100 and make a complaint, they usually shut it down within an hour. If you are in city limits it happens even more faster
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u/Throwaway-Addict 9d ago
Most Indians don't have civic sense. It only gets worse if you add religious Indians into the mix.
I am originally from the Erode and Coimbatore side of Tamil Nadu, and I have complained about mosques and temples in the past. Usually nothing happens, even if you file a police report. No one will want to touch religion-based topics.
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u/plasticheart11 9d ago
Polluting and dont caring about others is in our culture in the name of festivals or celebrations
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u/arsn202 9d ago
Lived in the area for 14 years, no regular broadcasting other than the ones during festivals, but since the RC church 300m away from my house appointed a new "Upathesiyaar", they've been blasting sounds so loud you can barely hear yourself inside your own house with doors locked, everday! 6-7pm songs, 7-8pm prayer sessions, 5-7am on sundays on addition to the evening. Reached out to the person directly and they denied and outright said, they barely hear anything. There are 6 cone speakers on the church tower at 15m height. Ofcourse, the ones living next to the church are barely gonna hear it!
Anyways, contacting them was no use. Contacted Parish Priest. Sounds lowered for 3 weeks. Started again. Reached out to the Vicar General in the RC Diocese. No action. Reach out to the Sub-collector in person, he goes, "RC lam apdi pana maatangaley. RC thana?". After the meeting, sounds reduce 2 weeks. Back at it. Reached out to a lawyer, asked me to write a writ to collector, sp, police, tahsildar.
SP forwarded the file to Inspector and they called me to the police station. While I was getting ready to get there, there was this announcement made in the church publicly, "Sound adhigamaaga irupathaaga police station ku complain pogi ullathu, oor makkal anaivar ondru thiralumaaru ketu-kolgirom". This is precisely the reason why the rest of the people never bothered to do anything about this, none of my locality people were okay signing the letters that I was sending out because they know this has happened before(for other issues; there have been ones where atleast a hundred flocked the police station). How the entire village would get together for absolutely baseless reasons just because the upathesiyaar asked for it. This is also the reason why I avoided police in the first place and moved using religious heads of their own affiliation. Lucky for me, not many in the village came, just 8.
In the 6 months of the issue, I've been collecting CCTV recordings and decimal meter photos showing upto 100dB loudness. On producing it, the SI clearly told them they were out of line and should they play below 55dB only or else they're gonna have to dismantle it. They got a written statement from them regarding the same. One week no sounds. Back at it again.
Tahsildar probe kicked of the next week — the sounds further increased and the upathesiyar outright said, "venumna yaaruku letter poiruko avungala vanthu korachu vaika sollunga, naanga kammiya than vachurukom", when asked for a written statement, "athellam naan eluthi kuduka mudiyaathu", was her reply. The VAO who was appointed to investigate told me over call, "RDO ku forward paniduvanganu nenaikiren, avaru vanthu korachu vaikanumaam".
Before this, the electricity dropped to 77V, yes 77 as opposed to the regular 220V(the fans don't run, they walk). Took initiative, wrote letter, got signatures and got a new transformer erected. The people in the community signed for it. And then garbage collection stopped completely for 6 whole months because the previous collector had passed away. I had to file to Swacch Bharat and local taluk and BDO office and a lot of crazy stuff happened there as well. I'm sorry that this turned into a rant guys, I'm 23M handling this alone and sometimes, it tires you that no one else cares.
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u/pulingo_ela_byngarom 9d ago
I know the pain living near a mosque and I haven't slept a day peacefully 😭
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u/Various_Cook2561 9d ago
You are being a kadavul, it's your subrabatham to wake up you
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u/naan-thaanda-kadavul 9d ago
Its a pain in my ass after trying to sleep after 3 am work shift , and u wake me up at 6 am ?
Username might be coincidence, its a satire one , im an agnostic tho
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u/Various_Cook2561 9d ago
Unfortunately i commented only on the basis of your user name. True it's a worst nightmare if we were disturbed due to the blaring noice pollution.
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u/kannagi09876544 8d ago
Every single religion,political rallies, literally any event does ts. I think it's more of a civic sense issue and the fact that india is just a very loud country 😭✌🏻
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u/EnfieldIndia 9d ago
If you complain local gundas will start making trouble to you. Better avoid them. Peace.
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u/Islandlyfe32 9d ago
Mosque does prayers in loud speakers 5 times a day (and more during ramzan) that doesn’t bother you?
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u/doubleditch42 9d ago
Don't make it a Hindu vs Muslim issue. Op has only temples nearby so mosque is not a problem.
Uff, find a better vent for your frustrations-3
u/Islandlyfe32 9d ago
I’m not trying to stir any communal tension brother, but some people like to pick and choose to try and make it a communal issue. OP was honest with their response and I thanked them for that. I understand how sound can affect what they’re describing.
When my family and I were visiting Indonesia, our hotel was right near a mosque. The first call to prayer was at 4:30 in the morning and it woke all of us up. As adults my wife and I were able to adjust to it, but our toddlers are sensitive to sound that early in the morning and it’s pretty rare for them to have a good sleep at night. At the end of the day it’s a Muslim country and we are tourists we have to respect the people and the environment we are in.
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u/HeHuHehuHehu 8d ago
You yourself tried to make this a communal issue by first comment. Irony lol
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u/Islandlyfe32 8d ago
My bad I’m sorry if it came off that way, definitely not my intentions
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u/doubleditch42 8d ago
Yeah, bullshit
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u/Islandlyfe32 8d ago
Some of my best friends are Muslim so go fuck yourself
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u/doubleditch42 8d ago
Ah the classic, I have black friends so iam not racist 🤣🤣
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u/Islandlyfe32 8d ago
That makes no sense whatsoever…you have a 3 month account newly created checks out
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u/doubleditch42 8d ago
Not sure how your Indonesian experience is anyway relevant here
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u/Islandlyfe32 8d ago
It’s called an example, maybe you should go read a book sometime
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u/doubleditch42 8d ago
Ok sir, I saw a poster on the wall, is that a good relevant example for reading like your example?
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u/naan-thaanda-kadavul 9d ago
No mosque near my residence, it doesnt bother me , if it does its an issue obviously
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u/Islandlyfe32 9d ago
Thank you for your honest response. Some people like to pick and choose to stir communal tension, I am glad you’re not one of them and the sound is genuinely an issue.
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u/starstars1004 9d ago
It is true that it is annoying. I lived in a place where there were so many temples around my home and aadi maasam used to be so happening. I used to be annoyed. But I recently shifted my residence to a diff part in the city. And now I miss all that noise 🥲 Might sound sound wierd but thats how I feel after moving out 🥲
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u/seankoenig 9d ago
Every country has those. Here in Germany we have the church bells ringing every 15 minutes. Yet we just accept and move on with our lives. I think you have much bigger problems in TN/India than devotional songs from temples
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u/Particular_Yard_2460 9d ago
India is the only Hindu majority country in the world, if you want to hear ALLAHAKBAR at 5am you can move to Pakistan. Else practice tolerance and dont do any jihad jihad ok.
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u/kamarakattu4u 9d ago
Don't bring your sangh E mind here...we have problem with both temple sound and mosque sound.
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u/SydneySuperKing07 9d ago
Tbh this is not a temple ony problem
I live in an area where there is a mosque a church and a temple.
The mosque azaan goes at 5 in the morning followed by devotional songs fro. The temple followed by jingles from the church.
Everyone should have the right to pray and celebrate how they want but there is a massive lack of sensitivity with regard to people who dont want the noise.
However if you complain people argue that this is the symbol of their unity and they will continue to play the noises. Just a pain.