pathetic sight of srivaishnavas

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namo narayana,

whenever adiyen visits any divya desam,more than the joy of having

the darshan of perumal , it is the sorrow of seeing the plight of

srivaishnavas

that troubles adiyens mind.

At kanchi varadaraja sannidi, there was a sri vaishnava smearing the 12

tirumans and begging alms inside the sannidi itself.

some orthodox srivaishnava boys are driving autos in kanchipuram

 

at tiruninravur , the archaka was very sad that no one is coming to

temple and hence he is not getting even a single paisa as dakshinam.he

was having a lot of family problems,but his devotion to perumal was

stopping him from moving away from the place.

 

at kanchi , there is no one to light a lamp in divya desa

temples(except

ulagalanda perumal and varadan).the archaka at astabujagaswamy temple

is 70 years old and comes to temple on a bicycle pedalling a distance

of 4

kms at this ripe age.all for a bare 500 rupee income.

 

at ulagalanda perumal koil , a vaishnava was seeking alms from

devotees.to adiyens surprise , this person was the archaka of thayar

sannidi.

 

The archakar of a temple says that all this is because of

nastikatvam.because people are running after babas and anya devatas

hence places like shirdi and puttaparthy are flourishing while our

temples are in a pathetic sight.unfortunately many sri vaishnavas who

reside in srirangam itself , visit perumal koil barely once in 6

months.adiyen feels that if all those srivaishnavas who rarely visit

temple, visit temple regularly , not only will our temple culture be

rejenuvated , but the archakas also will get some money as part of

aarti collection.

adiyen always requests friends the following "stop watching

cinema.watching cinema costs 20 rupees for a cinema ticket , spend the

same

towards bus fare or train fare for going to kanchipuram or some other

divya desam.to and fro ticket is only 20.what ever money is spent

towards

cool drinks say 5 rupees can be given to archaka.this is a great

social

service.but no one listens to these words"...

 

donating 100's or 1000's may be and surely is a problem , especially

in india , where a person has to literally fight for survival. but

donating 50 rupees per month is not at all a problem.after all cable

t.v connection costs 150 rupees.this is not adiyens views but these are

what archakas at all temples are lamenting.adiyen is sharing the above

thoughts , because adiyen is very afraid that if archakas of

vaishnava temples continue to live in poverty , then one fine day all

archakas ,one by one will leave their professions and look for some

other jobs.no

one will be prepared to become an archaka.hence temple culture may be

lost...even the worse may happen.archakas may start serving shirdi

sai baba sannidis also.

 

regards

balaji

 

 

 

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