Desecration of Sabarimala

[Guest guest]

From

K.V. Gopalakrishna,

22A, Second Cross,

Judicial Officers' Layout,

Sanjay Nagar,

Bangalore-560095

 

 

Sir,

Sub: Desacration of

Sabarimala

 

I am wondering why the media, public and the Sabarimala

Devaswom authorities are making such a hue and cry over an incident

which is supposed to have been taken place years ago, about a woman

going to Sabarimala and claiming to have touched the image of the

deity. It might be true or untrue. The great Thanthris and Devaswom

authorities should know that the Lord is sacred and undefileable. He

is the one who purifies us and destroys our sins. How can anybody

defile the Almighty? Can anyone defile the Ganga, in spite of all

the refuse of whole city of Varanasi is flowing into it without any

restrictions?

 

The rules about public visiting Sabarimala or any other sacred place

have been defined from time immemorial for the good of the devotees.

If the Tantri himself is observing certain rules like purity external

and internal (Bahya-abhyantarah suchih) because, if he touches the

deity unclean in body and mind, the harm is to him and not to the

God. Similarly, if a lady of age in the productive range goes to

Sabari Mala, she cannot defile the deity, nor the deity will be

infatuated by her. The harm will accrue only to her, if at all there

is any harm. I wish wiser counsel will prevail and the matter gets

dropped without escalating any further.

 

I am not advocating relaxation of the rules in any of the sacred

places. The sanctity of the place of worship should be maintained,

and lapses prevented in the interests of the ignorant devotees, no

doubt, but if any lapse has already occured for whatever reason, it

should be forgotten and forgiven. If it a sin, it is for the

deliberate infringer of the rule. And if it is done unknowingly, there

is no sin, and one will be pardoned. There is no use of crying over

split milk. It only makes confusion confounded.

 

K.V. Gopalakrishna, Bangalore.

[Guest guest]

Gopalakrishnaji,

 

Very well said...I fully agree with you on this. Wonder why Sabarimala

Temple is always coming under unwanted media publicity for one reason

or the other. The masses need to be educated and our current

educational system does not support any kind of religious education for

Hindu children who have to rely on outside help for such purposes. And

the current generation gets carried away with anything shown on TV and

other visual and print media. Intellectuals like you and the team that

came up with the English version of Narayaneeyam can come up with

simple books that can help remove such ignorance and foolish

superstitions and shown the correct way for all to follow..

 

Swami Sharanam

 

Pravin