Guest guest Posted March 12, 1997 Report Share Posted March 12, 1997 Dear Bagavatas, I was rather annoyed by the letter from Chicago Venkatchalapathi Temple this week. This is the same temple that offered Bhktas 2000 and 1000 dollar gold chains consecrated by an archana. This letter pointed out the management does not approve arrangement by private parties, directly with the priests functions in their homes. They have a point that the priests work for the temple and moonlighting should not afect temple prayers and duties. I hail from an agrajhram family and was brought up around brahmins who made a livlihood of doing priestly service. To them it is an added income. At first and still my sympathy is with the priests. Even in India rigorous organization of the temple management has removed the direct contact of the priests. I rarely buy an archan service because of this reason and generally tip the priests when the arathi plate comes. To some extent the temple organizations have to adhere to these restrictions. But I cannot see the stand taken by them especially in print. Krishan Praba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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