AT THE MERCY OF THE RICH

I accompanied my mum n dad to a temple yesterday.We sat in there for a while until the pooja was done.During the pooja two ladies clad in torn sarees came in along with two young girls and two baby boys.The babies were also dressed in dirty old clothes.Their appearance suggesting they struggled to afford even everday meals.The reaction that they drew from the rest of the so called "devotees"(mostly sixty odd year old ladies), was quite astonishing.I heard one lady yell and ask "What do u want? You'll are not suposed to come in.Stand at the door".What kind of behaviour is this?Why the preferential treatment?
On my way out one of the small baby boys was following me,smiling at me.He was adorable.So i patted his head and smiled back at him.That ofcourse did'nt go down too well with anybody there.All those ladies were giving me that dirty look.I could read their minds."Oh you should'nt be touching them.They are dirty and blah blah blah".
This incident got me wondering why this attitude towards them?Are'nt they as much human as we are?Is'nt the temple meant to be for everyone to come offer their prayers?Who are we to do decide these things?