The not-well-to-do dhivyadhEsams

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PraNamams.

 

Some time back in India, I happen to discuss the issue of renovating

dilapidated temples (in some of our divya dEsams) with a very

knowledgeable person rooted in our sampradAya. He encouraged the idea

very much and urged the younger generation to take more active

interest in such matters. By himself, he is responsible for some of

the good work done before.

 

Is there anything that we can do as a group towards such good causes?

 

Suggestions/Brickbats most welcome.

 

Thondaradippodi,

 

DilIpa dAsan.

 

 

Hello,

Its good that this thread has comeback live again. This has been

discussed many times without any solid proposal but for the recent

effort for the srirangam dasaavathaaram sannidhi. In my opinion( may

be wrong..) there are so many temples other than the reasonably well

to do temples like srirangam, thiruppathy, thiruvallikkENi... which

needs immediate attention and it is we , the youth of this

generation who should take proper care and do something towards

atleast the req'd infrastructure, vasthrams, nithya aaraadhanais

etc. This is the most direct kainkaryam that i can think of.

Moreover we in USA are appropriate in taking up this issue as we are

relatively in a better position to take up this task (rupee:dollar).

As discussed before there are several practical problems in makingh

sure that the money is properly being used. wherever money is

involved it kinda becomes tricky to tackle in India. Also there

may exist some problem regarding who is to manage this money.. etc.

 

So, first of all the the temples that really need attention and care

has to be listed and as a kind of experiment we can even take a

single temple and donate around $20 per head as we did for the

srirangam dasaavathaara sannidhi, find a suitable trustworthy person

to manage the funds and arrange to do something really constructive.

Once people (in this group) find that this is really constructive

and acheived something towards our aazhwaars' and aachaaryaa's

goals, then we will have more confidence and enthusiasm. and we can

continue this effort. One of aaLavandhaar's ambition was to

popularize the thamizh maRai and can best be done by reviving the

temples. But for those who were brought up in the dhivya dhEsams,

not many are very much aware of the naalayiram and related things.(

there may be exceptions, though!) As i had written before, last time

when i visited Srirangam for the "aazhwaar mOksham" there were just

a handful of people in the gOshti. It looked pathetic. I was

enquiring a person, in his mid twenties ( there was only one or two

of that age!) about why there aren't that many people? He said the

enthusiasm / interest in these things have been gradually going down

This is the case in "bhoolOga vaikuNdam" itself!! Then how can we

expect to keep the thamizh maRai and other works alive for the next

generation. Luckily the basic faith in GOD is still there among most

of the people who would visit the tempples locally. If the temples

are in proper condition with uthsavams, aaraadhanais properly

performed, then it will, to some extent, keep these faiths alive.

And this seems to be the direct way to do that.

 

There are many knowledgeable people in this group who would have

visited many of the 107 dhivyadhEsams and could suggest the really

needy temple(s). As dileepan has mentioned above, if we can find a

proper person to manage, why dont we experiment. If our objective is

to popularize aazhwaars' works and the dhivya dhEsams, this seems to

be the first and direct step.

 

Mr. Sampath Rengi had written abt this before. can u please continue

the thread, sir?

 

Any comments / suggestions welcome. I have just written what most had

in mind. Please pardon me if i had written anything wrong which is

definitely not intended. I am making a short trip to India this 20

Dec and will try to enquire to my best.

 

Thanks

 

Vijay Triplicane.

vijayt

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". In my opinion( may

be wrong..) there are so many temples other than the reasonably well

to do temples like srirangam, thiruppathy, thiruvallikkENi.."

so write Vijay.

I suppose my remarks will cause a lot of querries, but here I go again.

The temples have survived not just by their physical presence but

also by their effect in creating so many bhaktas, despite the

state they are in. Our efforts will ybe adding a gram of salt to the ocean of

ancient culture.

Krishan Praba.

Adding the gram of salt is for our peace of mind.