Kalai unity

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Dearest bhAgathAs,

My respectful namaskArams to you all.

 

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But, the case of Sri Ranganatha Temple is totally different. It is not

because of any hostility towards other sampradayams that the Vadakalai

Tanians and Sattumurai are followed. It is because of the command of the

 

44th

Azhagiyasinghar who was responsible for the construction of the temple

and

who had specified that the temple should follow the Sri Sannidhi

Sampradayam.

As true Sishyas of Azhagiyasinghar, nothing is more sacred to them than

the

command of the Acharya to obeyed in letter and spirit.

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I understand the reason behind following a particular thaniyan and

sArrumurai. Nothing is more sacred than one's AchAryan's words. Please

don't mistake me on this. I am saying this wholeheartedly.

 

But on looking at the present kalai bhEdhams in most of the dhivya

dhEsams in India and all the associated manhandling and disrespect to

fellow bhAgavathAs (What a shame! What a regretful expression of ego!),

every dhivya dhEsam has its own story to quote. Long back in the past,

some AchAryA, without any bias against the other kalai,would have

suggested and laid certain rules to be followed in the thaniyans and

sARRumurais. This wouldn't have affected the other bhAgavathAs then.

Everything was peaceful. One fine morning, the kalai bhEdham raised its

ugly head and started to spread its venom around, intoxicating everybody

 

around and the result that we see is this manhandling and disrespect. (I

 

feel terrible to write about the disrespect which has become so very

common among us...).

 

Having had such black incidents in the past, don't we have to learn

from our mistakes and try to correct. I do not say that the AchAryA who

once laid the rues was wrong. He did that with the purest intention. He

never would have thought that we would engage ourselves in such ugly

fights. He would have thought that we, having heard the stories of our

illustrious AchAryAs and having realized our glorious lineage, would

never even think about such things.

Boy! He misjudged us. He was way off!

 

Likewise, I am very sure that Sri Azhagiya singar would have

suggested the particular sARRumurai and thaniyan without any bias

against the other kalai. I had the bhAgyam of seeing Him at

Sriperumbudur once and I have heard so much about His open views. If sri

 

Anbil mama or somebody else who know him personally could explain him

the situation here, how there are only a handful of bhAgavathAs, how

this is the only "Sri vaishNava" temple in USA, how we wholeheartedly

intend to have unity among the kalais, He would definitely understand.

We have to approach Him

sincerely and honestly. We are at a pretty nascent stage and we are

setting precedence to the future temples and bhagavath/bhAgavatha

kaimkaryams in USA. We have to be very careful and openminded realizing

our responsibilities as one who sets standards which many are going to

follow.

 

Our next generation should not be discussing how a person of one

kalai was manhandled and treated with disrespect. Let this weed be

culled out in our generation itself. Let us try to leave behind a rich

heritage for the posterity.

 

We are blessed with a lot of learned, elderly bhAgavathAs in this

net. They all would have gone through several such incidents. I am a

"Ezhai, Edhalan, keezhmagan" infront of them. I just thought I would

voice adiyEn's views. Please do not mistake my intentions. If I have

conveyed them wrongly, I sincerely apologize for that.

 

AzhvAr emberumAnAr dEsikar jIyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam

adiyEn

Vijay Triplicane

(Viji)

 

 

 

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