temples should lead in cleanliness & nature conservation

Recently I had the opportunity to visit vaitheeswaran koil, an old Siva temple in Tamilnadu. This is also the sacred or punya sthal where Lord Rama cremated Jatayu when the pakshi rajan was killed fighting with Ravana when he was abducting Sita. The place has assumed great importance and thousands visit the temple from all over the world everyday. one major aspect which hits any pilgrim is the way the temple is maintained. although the affairs of the temple are supervised and looked after by the state government, it lacks cleanliness. The entire floor of the temple is scattered with vermillion, sacred ash, incense sticks with water splashed all around. There is also a ritual of making lamps of out flour and offerring it to god. these lamps are left behind on the floor by the devotees thereby making a mess of the temple floor. The temple tank is green in color which obviously means that the tank is full of moss and other factors which are not good for health if entered into? on the contrary, the temples of Kerala are so well maintained that one feels like going to the temple again and again for tranquill and peace. It is time that some kind of restrictions are put for the pooja vidhi and no one should be allowed to dirty the temple premises citing pooja as a reason. The outer walls of the temple are used by people including pilgrims to answer nature's call resulting in heavy stench. Thus, the entire experience of visiting a temple in Tamilnadu is not so good as compared to visit to a kerala temple, be it anywhere. I have visited the Guruvayoorappan temple in Delhi and found it spic and span. The Tamilnadu government should bring in suitable amends to make temple visits an enjoyable and a memorable one and encourage pilgrims to come again. Planting of trees and distribution of pamphlets to keep the temples clean should be undertaken either by the temple authorities or some NGO in and around the area. sulab toilets be provided for the pilgrims so that the temple walls are saved and sanctity preserved. The tanks in the temples should be cleaned once a year or even more and people should be warned not to pollute the temple or the tank by throwing articles and flowers everywhere thereby making the premises dirty. pilgrims on their part should remember that temples have heritege and history behind and should preserve the same for future generations.