re: Divya Desam - Protection & Maintenance!!

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Dear Sri Bharath,

 

Kindly go thro' adiyen's postings 'Preserving the Tradition' during the past few

weeks.Not only the Divya Desams but very many Abimana Stalams like Uthiramerur

which is one of the three Temples with Ashtanga Vimana ( Three tier Garbha Griha

- one Moolavar in Ground level and four more Moolavars in the second and the

third tiers) four vimanas each in the second and the third tiers - a truly

magnificent Stalam built thirteen centuries ago - need renovation very badly.

 

Under the Directions of H.H.Srimad Andavan much work has been done but much

remains to be done.The Bhattachar Swami is very old but very devoted and needs

financial support and the temple itself needs regular support and there are many

such temples.

 

Getting the temples out of the control of the Govt. is not a practical step and

is a long range probablity.That temple needs the massive support of the

SriVaishnavaites NOW.

 

The hereditary Trustee is Sri Seshadri - tel.no. 04112 72363 and there is a

renavation committee with the donations approved by the Govt. of India for

exemptions u/s 80-G of the I.T.Act.I can coordinate the contributions.One

Bhagavatha, on a condition of very strict anonymity, contributes Rs.8000/- every

month to be paid @ Rs.2000/- each to four Vedic Scholars who come there EVERY

DAY and recite Veda for 1/2 hours.This is being routed thro' me every month.Once

upon a time there were hundreds of scholars reciting Vedas every day at this

temple when it was in its pristine glory!!

 

Interested persons may contact me for further action.May i state with utmost

humility that i am more interested in contributions from one and all and less

impressed by messages of congratulations for the quality(!!?!!)of my views in

these postings ?

 

Regards.

 

SriRangam Srimad Andavan Thiruvadi.

 

RR.

asurib wrote:

 

Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha.

 

Hello,

 

background

 

I am a Sri Vaishnavaite based in Bangalore in the construction business , age 31

,

background - engineering, married .

I am interested in knowing more about my tradition , thats why I have joined the

group. I perform a simple sandhya and thiruvaradhanam almost every day , but

still have much more to learn .I am not well versed in the intricacies of the

vedanta ,

but I am concerned about our temples , our culture , our people ,our maths ,

and their future, in the face of 1. rapid emigration . 2. westernisation

even of the local vaishnavas .

 

posting to bhakti list -

 

I am deeply concerned about the future of most of our ancient Sri Vaishnavaite

shrines in interior areas including most divyadesams . They dont have money ,

are short of priests , and their lands are mismanaged by the govt .

I feel that prominent and well off srivaishnavaites should take some initiative

to move the courts to remove the temples from govt control and put them under a

independent trust and Temples like TTD using their surplus funds should ensure

minimum functioning of all the poor temples . It appears to me that many of the

Maths instead of collecting and using funds for making new jewellry and

buildings for already prosperous temple deities should divert their attention

and resources towards the goal of making all ancient Srivaishnavaite Temples

self reliant with minimum priests , ritual , and maintenance.

 

discussion ?

 

Bharath Asuri.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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