Hi Akash,
It seems everywhere it's difficult to get people to relate to their traditions. I have some friends from Indonesia who are completely uninterested in their native music, as interesting as it is to many of us. (I am somewhat familiar with Indonesian music.) I have to admit, however, to not knowing a lot about Indian music, though once I spent a very interesting afternoon talking with a young man who was well versed in it. It is different enough from our ways of making music to be confusing (at least the explanations confused me,) and I can see it would take time and study to really appreciate it. I will say that when he played for me, I found the effects hypnotic and very interesting. Another time I was staying in a motel and the TV had a channel with, believe it or not, Indian music videos. I was completely fascinated! This was more popular music, but I found the rhythms very interesting, and enjoyed the singing. It reminds me of a style of Indonesian pop music called Dangdut.
Oh yes, concerning funding of organ restorations. . .it is difficult to get government funding for organ work here, because of the separation of church and state. I do believe there might be limited funding if the church itself is declared a National Historic Landmark, and it can be shown that the organ itself has historic value to the country aside from its use in church. So in the vast majority of cases, organs are built, maintained, and restored through raising private funds. Twice I've been involved in rebuilds/restorations, and the money had to be raised through private donations. There may be other ways that I'm not aware of.
I would guess that things would be different in India. I believe (and our European friends can answer this more clearly) that in some European countries, organs are maintained through government funding, at least that's what I've heard.
Tom Dressler