Sri Ranganatha temple - Part 1 - Recent experience in India

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Dear bAgawathAs,

 

I am pained to see the discussions taking a wide turn around.

I was the one who posted it in this net. Hence I need to

reply with my comments as well. Many of us here in US live

very friendly among both kalais. Though we may wish the kind

of unity in temple worship, it is only possible when such is

the thiru uLLam conveyed to us from our various AchAryAs.

I have a tremendous respect for thenAchAryA sampradhAyam and

dwell very extensively in many of the vyAkyAnams rendered by

poorvAvchAryAs. During my recent trip adiyEn met with Sri

Putthur swAmi and spent some time discussing hot subjects. In

fact Sri putthur swami mentioned that he respect many from

vadakalai sampradAyam and emphazised that one should strictly

follow their kalai's sampradhAyam. Similarly, I highly

recommend that all our friends must visit HH Srimadh Azhgiya

Singar and Sri Andavan and other yahtis.

 

There are many temples in India that are need of funds. It is

indeed true that "perumALai picchai edukka vaithu viduvArkaL

pOla uLLathu nilamai". ie., The situation is such that they

may make perumAL to even beg for the daily offerings". My own

account of thiru kudanthai experience is such that I poured

my heart and soul in collecting that 4.5 laks rupees. But I

found that it was a mere fraction of what was spent for the

entire samprOkshanam. In India almost every temple need a

financial support one way or the other. These temples had

several mAnyams from the various kingdoms, and have hundreds

of acres of lands that legally belong to them even today. The

lessee is not honest in many cases resulting in very minimal

returns from these lands.

 

There are 80 & odd of the 108 divya desams situated in Tamil

nAdu and almost all of them are un der the purview of HR and

CE. Recently Tamil Nadu Government considered a proposal to

sell all these lands to the lessee themselves at the market

rate and deposit the monies in FD so that the temple will

continue to get money as interest. After facing many strong

criticisms from many this plan didnot take off. One of the

major flaw in this was that the lands if sold on today's book

value will yield some money. And that money will not

appreciate to the same extent the land value will.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Ranganathan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

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