Fw: Emperumanar Darsanam Are we being marginalised

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K.Sampathkumar

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Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:10 PM

Emperumanar Darsanam Are we being marginalised

 

 

Dear friends of late I have started referring to dictionary for corrections, if

any, while using the Queens language.Yesterday I opened the dictionary at random

and it was pages 874-875 of Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English.The first

word was" maple" and the last word was" mark". In between, one word which

attracted my attention was "marginalize".Let me reproduce as in the

dictionary."mar-gin-al-ize also ise to make a group of people unimportant and

powerless.....Before I continue on this some important event took place on

Sunday the 25th at Chennai and let me cover on that at first instance.

"Manidha Neya Vainava Manadu" was organised by a group called Manidha Neya

Vainava Iyakkam.It was a whole day conference conducted at Vaikuntavasaperumal

Koil ,Koiyembedu.H.H.Sri Vadikesari Alaghiya Manavala Jeer Swami of Kancheepuram

rendered the Mangalasasanam.Kumaravadi Swami, Velukkudi Krishnan

Swami,M.A.Venkatakrishnan Swami,Dr.V.V.Ramanujam Swami and a number of others

spoke on different topics but the central theme of all the speeches was around

Manidha Neyam.like Empiranum ManidhaNeyamum,Alwargalum Manidha

Neyamum,Acaryargalum Manidha Neyamum and Vainavum- Manidha Neya Iyakkame.

To put in a lay man language, it was all about the concern,caring about,love

towards human beings by Lord Emperumanar,Alwargals and Acharyas.It was impressed

that the Srivaishnavam is a movement for the concern ,caring about and love

towards human beings.

The gentleman behind this movement is Prof Dr. Partha sarathy who has written a

number of books in lucid Tamil and behind him there are Tamil, Sanskrit and

English Prof s fully entrenched in Srivainavum.One difference about this

Srivaishnava group is that they do not stop just by talking and organizing

conferences.They have started penetrating into villages with the message of

Emperumanar Darsanam.Recently the group visited a village where the entire

village except few families got converted into other religion.Boldly they have

persuaded the remaining families to remain in the Srivaishnava faith.They have

kept the Photograph of Udayavar,given them Thirupavai and Nalayira Divya

Prabhandam books and have encoraged them to follow the Srivaishnavism.I enquired

whether I can also join in these holy trips when I came to know that they are

planning to visit another village. Pat came the reply,"Swamin,if you can partake

with them the fruits and milk which are offered as Prasadams then pl join.Few

joined in these trips earlier and declined to have the prasadams by the village

folks and it was embarrassing." Honestly to me these are all the men, the flag

bearers and gaurdians of Emperumanar Darsanam.The representatives of this

movement had attended the Brain Storming sessions on Emperumanra Darsanam

coordinated by Velukkudi Krishnan Swami earlier.They kept on impressing that

any action plan has to necessarily start in the villages.They reasoned it out

that 80% of the population is in villages and small towns.They have to be

targetted rather than preparing any action plan for 20% of city dwellers who

otherwise are aware of our faith but tend to follow what they feel like

doing.They felt events are taking place at much faster pace and their actions

are like a small drop in a lake ".We are being marginalised ." What a way to

indicate what was happening today.,according to them.

Srivaishnavas in around Triplicane, Srirangam and few other Divya Desams claim

there are a number of activities , for propagation , being carried out

continuously and that at time it appears whether these activities are being done

more than required. At this point of time I do not desire to dipute this .

Believe me ,it was a sheer coincidence that I struck on the word marginalise

when I opened the dictionary and the statement made by these Srivaishnava group

indicating we are being marginalised.

I may be permitted to don the coat of a lawyer and put forth the points on

behalf of the Petitioners-claiming Srivaishnavas are being marginalised.I am

not sure whether Sri T.S.Ramaswamy Sr Advocate and one of the coordinators of

Yathi Sammelan will come to my rescue or appear on behalf of Defendants who

claim enough activities are being carried on.

:"My Lord Sriman Narayana,pl adjourn the case for another day for me to present

the case".

Jaya Sriman Narayana

Sri Mudaliyandan Swami shishya sampth