What I find interesting is that each time the pseculars and cryptos insist on doing precisely those things that should not be done:
- cryptos pressing for women of the wrong age groups to get entry to Shabarimalai (no Hindu would insist on such a thing). Women of those age-groups are specifically not meant to come to Sabarimalai.
- pseculars and cryptos trying to break Ramarsethu when it is meant to remain for as long as Dharma remains
- ? trying to sing exactly from where people are not supposed to sing in Chidambaram
No Hindu would push for any of these things.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The worship protocol here is unique. It is said to have been prescribed by Patanjali.</b> It is an age-old protocol followed for several centuries, in fact from time immemorial. Right or wrong, every temple has a tradition of its own. It is as sacred as the deity itself. The deity gets its divine strength only from the worship that is offered.
The Dikshitars have a case. They dont say that no thevaram should be recited there. <b>They say that according to the prescribed worship protocol, it cannot be recited from the Chitrambala dais. Othuvar Arumugaswami insists that he would render it only from the dais.</b>
The matter went to the court... It was decided that the othuvar can recite it in the temple.
Othuvar Arumugaswami need not have made it an issue.
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<b>The ordinary devotee is not concerned with this</b> prestige issue. It is the duty of any responsible Government to ensure that the devotees are able to worship in peace.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Othuvar Arumugaswami is behaving suspiciously un-Hindu.
- cryptos pressing for women of the wrong age groups to get entry to Shabarimalai (no Hindu would insist on such a thing). Women of those age-groups are specifically not meant to come to Sabarimalai.
- pseculars and cryptos trying to break Ramarsethu when it is meant to remain for as long as Dharma remains
- ? trying to sing exactly from where people are not supposed to sing in Chidambaram
No Hindu would push for any of these things.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The worship protocol here is unique. It is said to have been prescribed by Patanjali.</b> It is an age-old protocol followed for several centuries, in fact from time immemorial. Right or wrong, every temple has a tradition of its own. It is as sacred as the deity itself. The deity gets its divine strength only from the worship that is offered.
The Dikshitars have a case. They dont say that no thevaram should be recited there. <b>They say that according to the prescribed worship protocol, it cannot be recited from the Chitrambala dais. Othuvar Arumugaswami insists that he would render it only from the dais.</b>
The matter went to the court... It was decided that the othuvar can recite it in the temple.
Othuvar Arumugaswami need not have made it an issue.
[...]
<b>The ordinary devotee is not concerned with this</b> prestige issue. It is the duty of any responsible Government to ensure that the devotees are able to worship in peace.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Othuvar Arumugaswami is behaving suspiciously un-Hindu.
Death to traitors.