[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Guruvayoor Improvement Plan and a request to Sajeev

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Sunil,

 

Om Namo Narayanaya,

 

Seems we all are expecting you to lead us on.

 

On the name part please check out on the below

 

GEMS : Guruyaroorappan - Ende Manesila Swapanam.

 

I would like to popularlise this web page by distributing some

reading material at the Dubai Krishna Temple. Hope you do not any

objection to this.

 

I would also like to know if it was possible for people to view the

contents of this Group without being members, just to get a general

veiw of what is going on inside.

 

One more point I would like to add is, how about having a

Matrimonial column too. As we all know Guruvayoor temple has the

record of witnessing the maximum number of marriages, Guruvayoor

appan would be happy to help Young adults in their attempt to find a

better life partner. May be we need not name it Matrimonial, but

something like 'Find you Life Partner the Spiritual Way' Would sure

attract quiet a lot of people to this site.

 

My suggestion is only to add more more value to the site and do not

intend any commericial benefit.

 

Om Namo Narayanaya.

 

Pravin Balan

 

 

 

guruvayur , " Sajeev Kesavan "

<sajeev.kesavan@l...> wrote:

>

> Hare Krishna,

>

> Thanks.It was all gods blessing and active co-operation from you

and the team.

>

> Our first step should be to formally send a letter.If everyone

can send your suggestion to Sunil,

> Sunil, then I want a formal letter from your end so that I can

have it sent to the Devaswom.

> Lets not include much suggestions in it .In case I get the

information I can frame the letter up as well.

> We need to have only a presentable details for furthur

intitiations and talks with an idea of what it

> is all about.

>

> I can fix up an appointment this month with the President and have

discussions on the same.For this

> we need to be first clear on the objective and what we are looking

forward not only in the improvement

> of the temple from their end but in dontations etc..

> Reserve the crowd for the initiation of a mega beginning.We need

to know presently how many active members

> are there in this group.. of course we welcome more too.

>

> It is to my understanding that on the way back from guruvayoor I

had been to Thiruvegapura ,where there

> was a real beautiful temple ..it holds the ancient melancholly of

culture and fragrance of spiritual feeling.

> The most saddened fact is that the temple is not well kept.I went

around the temple .

>

> What i meant to say was that,there are many temples in and

around,people interested can help the surrounding

> temples also.The community should be an active involver not only

as a effective and creative audience but in making things

happen.Sunil,we need to take the above initiations and work upon

with the community to finalise the objective.

>

> Om Namo Narayanaya !!!

>

> Your humble servant

> Sajeev Kesavan

>

>

>

> Rajaram Venkataramani [v_raja_ram]

> Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:06 PM

> guruvayur

> RE: [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Re: Guruvayoor Improvement

Plan and

> a request to Sajeev

>

>

>

>

> hare krishna. that is a very good news. it is very good idea to

involve every one in the service. i would be happy to work on the

web site and also support the other activities.

>

> Sajeev Kesavan <sajeev.kesavan@l...> wrote:

> Hare Krishna,

>

> Praveen / Sunil I just came back from guruvayoor.Had a nice darshan

> with all the peacefulness.

> I had taken our suggestions to the Officials there.First I met the

devaswom

> assistant manager of the Temple and discussed with him regarding

our group

> and the intitiation taken by our group.I also presented him the

printed

> papers that relate to the discussion that we had to the improvement

> of the temple.

>

> He appreciated our effective involvement and told that the board

shall

> be happy to involve themselves in the improvement of the temple

from

> wherever it may be.The fact is that the Board is responsible not

only

> for the guruvayoor temple but all the in and around surrounding

temples.

> I also presented that we can re-organise and redevelop the website

> so that people can do offereings and also book any offerings

through the

> webite.Additionally the groups can also have a link in the website.

> From the discussions had,he said that the formal way accepted is

that

> we need to send a letter regarding our ideas or whatever may be to

> the Administrator,Guruvayoor devaswom baord,guruvayoor who inturn

allots

> a date of appointment for furthur discussions.

>

> So the next step would be to write to the Administrator with

reference to

> the Assistant Manager.Hopefully we should be able to put our

efforts into

> reality.Sunil,so how should we proceed on this? Can we frame up a

letter ?

>

> Om Namo Narayananya!

>

> Sajeev Kesavan

>

>

>

> hba9331 [pravin9@e...]

> Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:05 AM

> guruvayur

> [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Re: Guruvayoor Improvement Plan

and a

> request to Sajeev

>

>

>

> Om Namo Narayanaya,

>

> Sajeev thanks for your initative in taking up the issues discussed

> below with the Devasom authorities, your suggestion to request

Devasom

> to participate in the forum is valid, we need to get the decision

> makers to get involved. Please try to find out how we could

popularise

> this web site in Guruvayoor, may be a visit to the local internet

cafe

> may help in this respect.

>

> I am not sure how time you would spend in Guruvayoor during your

> visit. To take up the issue with Devasom you would need some time

and

> some groud work to be done. Before you meet the Devasom

Administrator,

> it would be better to meet the Melshanti of the temple at his

> residence, his approval is needed in the first place. Please take

down

> all his suggestions and remarks, you should note that any changes

at

> the temple is normally taken up in the Deva Prashnam and

implemented

> if the results are positive. Any of the Priest would be able to

guide

> you to this person or give you his residence address which should

be

> close to the temple.

>

> If the Melshanti likes any of the suggestions, then you can

sincerely

> request him to guide you with the required procudure to be

followed to

> get the same implemented.

>

> I am sure Guruvayoorappan is with us on this and he would guide

you

> all the way. The below story may help you. When me and family had

gone

> to Guruvayoor temple for my sons choor kodlal, we were standing in

the

> long queue to get inside the temple in East Nada, the line was

hardly

> moving, when suddenly one person came to us saying ;IF you are

waiting

> for choor Kodukal, you need not wait in this line please enter the

> temple using the door next to the Devi temple. I am sure this is

one

> of his ways of helping Devotees. Since you have taken up this

pious

> task Guruvayoorappan would always be with you on this.

>

> Om Namo Narayanaya!

>

>

> Pravin Balan

>

>

>

>

> -- In guruvayur , " Sajeev Kesavan "

> <sajeev.kesavan@l...> wrote:

> > Dear Sunil ,

> >

> > Hare Krishna !

> >

> > I guess we could have a link in the guruvayoor official

website

> regarding the

> > " World Guruvayoor Devotee Forum " so that other people who

visit

> the site would also come to

> > know about the forum.It should help a lot.

> >

> > Your humble servant

> > Sajeev

> >

> >

> >

> > Sunil Menon [bhagawan]

> > Friday, September 17, 2004 11:59 AM

> > guruvayur

> > [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Re: Guruvayoor Improvement Plan

and

> a

> > request to Sajeev

> >

> >

> > Dear Pravin Balan,

> > Very good suggestions. I am impressed with your practicality

and

> > suggestions backed up by ways to implement it. Good.

> >

> > What we lack now is a way to convey our suggestions to the

devaswom

> > and make some arrangements for devaswom to adopt our

suggestions.

> >

> > Sanjeeve, You have mentioned that you will be visitng Guruvayoor

> > soon, will you be able to take an appointment with the Devaswom

> > Administrator and temple manager etc ? Convey them about the

Devotee

> > forum from around the world and what we like to do. It is not

just

> > suggesting a few changes but participating and helping in

whatever

> > way we can to improve Guruvayoor.

> >

> > Many of us can help with our experiences from around the world

to

> > improve facilities and functions in guruvayoor, like the way

Pravin

> > has suggested from his experiences.

> >

> > Sanjeeve, Please let me know if you can meet some officials on

> behalf

> > of our 'World Guruvayoor devotees forum'

> >

> > Thanks and God bless you all.

> >

> > Om Namo Narayanaya:

> >

> > Sunil Menon.

> >

> >

> >

> > guruvayur , " hba9331 " <pravin9@e...> wrote:

> > > Om Namo Narayanaya!

> > >

> > > Lord Guruvayoorappans temple in Guruvayur is among the oldest

> > temples

> > > in Kerala. I must thank the Devasom authorities and everybody

> else

> > > for maintaining the sanctity of this temple to the best

possible

> > > standards. Some of the points given below are related to the

> > Guruvayur

> > > Improvement plan and which kept coming to my mind again and

again

> > > since Sunil came up with the Improvement Plan.

> > >

> > > 1. Sankalpa : People who have visited Sri Mookambika Devi

temple

> in

> > > Kolur (Karnataka) would be familiar with this ritual I would

like

> > > Devasom to start a similar service in Guruvayoor temple,

whereby

> > > devotees could perform this Sankalpa near the Sreekovil and

get

> > > Darshanam of the lord without having to wait in the queue.

> > >

> > > Benefits

> > > Get Darshanam and blessing of the Lord for the full family

> > > More priests would get employed. (one priest to handle one

family

> > at a

> > > time)

> > > More income for Devasom

> > >

> > > 2 12 Darshanams: It is considered very auspicious if we could

get

> > all

> > > the 12 Darshanams of Lord Guruvayoorappan on a single date.

> > Currently

> > > every devotee would have to queue up 12 or more times to get

this

> > > done, if Guruvayoor Devasom could start a special facility

which

> > could

> > > guarantee all 12 darshanams to any willing devotee, this would

be

> > very

> > > helpful, especially during peak rush seasons.

> > >

> > > Benefits

> > > Get Darshanams and blessing of the Lord

> > > Get Prasadams, including special prasadam from the Sree Kovil

> > > Employment for kavalkaran who would be responsible for his

team

> > > More income for Devasom

> > >

> > > 3 Long Queue: Lord Guruvayoorappan has his own ways of

allowing

> > > devotees to have Darshanam at the temple, sometimes he allows

us

> to

> > > get quick darshan and sometimes we have to queue up for long

time.

> > > Currently we find serpentine queue inside the temple, often

> > extending

> > > to outside the temple. It would be very beneficial if Devasom,

> > could

> > > convert the area above the Prasadam Ticket counter area to

allow

> > > devotees to queue where benches and fans can be provided, this

> > could

> > > be modeled like the facility at Tirupathi. This would be very

> > helpful

> > > for the aged, children and women. Devasom to work out the

> > modalities

> > > and logistics for this facility.

> > >

> > > Benefits

> > > Less Noise and din inside the temple.

> > > Allow for a calm and tranquil atmosphere in the waiting hall,

> > > Allow devotees to chant 'Om Namo Narayana' till they get Lords

> > > Darshanam.

> > >

> > > 4 Clean-up the Chituvelaku: The chituvelaku is one of the

> > beauty

> > > spot of Guruvayur temple, especially when it is lit up in the

> > night.

> > > It would be very beautiful even during day time if the brass

> > covering

> > > and the area around the same could be cleaned on a regular

basis.

> > One

> > > idea I would like to suggest in this respect is to use

pressure

> > water

> > > (kind of one used in Car service station) may be mixed with a

> > chemical

> > > compound (not smelly like WD40) to remove the oil spill and

the

> > green

> > > coating on the same with little trouble. The wall behind this

> > > chituvelaku too can be cleaned using the same process allowing

the

> > > beautiful stone work to be revealed. People tend to keep away

from

> > the

> > > foundation wall since there are often oil spills on them and

they

> > try

> > > avoid get those stuck on their dress.

> > >

> > > 5 Kitchen inside the temple: The big kitchen used to

prepare

> > > prasadam located to the left of West Nada, should be fully

secured

> > or

> > > shifted to a place outside the temple. The unfortunate inside

in a

> > > Tamil Nada school recently should not be forgotten. In any

case

> > > marking of fire exit and Fire Drills are a must for not only

> > Devasom

> > > staff, but also for the staff manning shop and establishments

> > around

> > > the temple. I am sure Devasom must be taking the necessary

> > precautions

> > > in the respect.

> > >

> > > 6 Posters and Music: Devotional music cassettes have become

big

> > > business in India and it seems every music company churns out

> > numerous

> > > cassettes in a year to deal with each season. We do not mind

the

> > > business part of this, but playing these cassettes in top

volume

> > > around the temples in Kerala has to be stopped. Areas in and

> around

> > > the temples are supposed to be quiet and tranquil and the

blaring

> > of

> > > such music does not help in this respect. I am sure just by

> > reducing

> > > the volume would not affect the business of these vendors.

Another

> > > issue related to this issue is the posters released by the

music

> > > companies, these posters contain the picture of various Gods

and

> > > Goddesses and they are stuck on every nook and corner, some of

> them

> > > get torn and mutilated after some time. Devasom should take

up

> the

> > > matter with the concerned authorities to stop the above two

> > practices.

> > > Educating and requesting the music companies and the vendors

> around

> > > the temple too could give positive results.

> > >

> > >

> > > Please excuse me for any grammatical errors. I look forward to

> your

> > > views and comments on the above points. Thanks

> > >

> > > Om Namo Narayanaya!

> > >

> > >

> > > Pravin Balan

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Om Namo Narayanaya:

> >