Tirumala - Realize and respond.

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

Realise and respond.

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Gone are the days when outsiders, invaders etc

attacked our vedic

 

culture and tried to ruin our history. Countless

temples were plundered

 

and countless historic evidences were destroyed. The

new trend is that,

 

people - part of our culture do that. It is so

strange, but recent

 

happenings at Tirumala makes this fact clear! The

destruction of age-old

 

1000 pillar temple recently at Tirumala is a classic

example of this.

 

Tirumala is part an integral part of our culture and

existence. It has a

 

great history and cultural importance attached to it.

In 11th century,

 

when attempts were made to cast the Lord Venkateswara

as some other

 

deity, Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja proved that it is in fact

the Lord Vishnu

 

in the form of Lord Venkateswara. He regularized the

worship and other

 

temple related activities by establishing Jeeyar Mutt

and appointing

 

qualified priests and other staff. Every inch of that

place has so much

 

to say about our tradition and culture. In 14th

century again Sri

 

Manavalamamuni renovated the temple. The temple as we

see today is the

 

result of incredible efforts put forth by our

acharyas.

 

What is happening to that now?

 

The 1000 pillared mandapam where the kalyanam of Lord

Venkateswara used

 

to happen is now destructed few days back! The reason

that was cited was

 

that the administration there want to increase the

security of the

 

temple and to increase the facilities for the

visitors. How justified is

 

this? Not just that! The thiru veedhi (maada veedhi)

where Lord was

 

supposed to go around during special occasion (like

Brahmotsavam) - was

 

destroyed.

 

Popular figures who do not know the basics of

paancharathram or

 

Vaikhanasa agama are making big comments and making

decisions on the

 

functionality and the maintenance of the temple. What

a pitiable state!

 

Should we keep watching it silently??

 

When a small unused mosque was destroyed at ayodhya,

the entire nation

 

felt for it. How about the destruction of one of the

most sacred temples

 

of our culture by the people who are not outsiders?

 

Let us do anything that would help to stop this and

preserve the

 

sanctity and the history of our culture.

 

Read more at:

www.acharyavaibhavam.org

 

and respond. It is our duty.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!