06-12-2007, 02:48 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Jun 12 2007, 01:09 AM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Jun 12 2007, 01:09 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Guruvayur temple non-issue.
2. 'I don't make the rules at Guruvayur' - Guruvayur temple head priest Chennas Raman Namboodiripad
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Guys, please go through the above link. In that, the tantri gives one of the most elegant interviews I have read all my life. He justifies his action with an excruciatingly beautiful argument.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Q:The tantri has since clarified that the punyaham was conducted only because Ravikrishna, as the son of a Christian lady, is not a Hindu by birth.
A: By what right does anyone say he is not a Hindu? His school certificate proclaims him a Hindu, his passport says he is a Hindu -- <b>what authority has the priest to overrule the Government of India</b>, which issued the passport?
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What a contrast between a tantri who knows his duty and his limits, and a mantri, a politician who knows no limits to his power!
2. 'I don't make the rules at Guruvayur' - Guruvayur temple head priest Chennas Raman Namboodiripad
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Guys, please go through the above link. In that, the tantri gives one of the most elegant interviews I have read all my life. He justifies his action with an excruciatingly beautiful argument.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Q:The tantri has since clarified that the punyaham was conducted only because Ravikrishna, as the son of a Christian lady, is not a Hindu by birth.
A: By what right does anyone say he is not a Hindu? His school certificate proclaims him a Hindu, his passport says he is a Hindu -- <b>what authority has the priest to overrule the Government of India</b>, which issued the passport?
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What a contrast between a tantri who knows his duty and his limits, and a mantri, a politician who knows no limits to his power!