03-05-2008, 07:12 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Mar 5 2008, 06:21 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Mar 5 2008, 06:21 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->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--><div class='quotetop'>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--><b>Othuvar Arumugaswami is behaving suspiciously un-Hindu.</b>
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He is an DMK stuntman following his party's tradition of creating an furore about an non-issue and then gaining political mileage out of it. He is not interested in worshiping the deity in the temple rather wants to gain publicity. It will be not surprisng if he stands for next elections on an DMK ticket.
- 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--><div class='quotetop'>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--><b>Othuvar Arumugaswami is behaving suspiciously un-Hindu.</b>
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He is an DMK stuntman following his party's tradition of creating an furore about an non-issue and then gaining political mileage out of it. He is not interested in worshiping the deity in the temple rather wants to gain publicity. It will be not surprisng if he stands for next elections on an DMK ticket.