Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 HARI AUM Shree Menon's suggestion deserves every bit of our attention. The reasons are: 1. If the Government is going ahead with and implementing the plan of conducting more Udayasthamana pujas (and we are helpless and no other way to toe the line), then we can think of booking one in the name of the group. 2. As he suggested if all the willing devotees contribute, and if the number is say 50, per person need to pool in only Rs1000/-. 3. The beauty here is that the puja can be done with a larger number of families, enriching the togetherness of this group. 4.Through this booking we can make our presence felt to the Administration and may be this site might become an opinion creator that will have a say in matters considering the temple. 5.This will help to attract more like minded people into the forum whereby it will grow from strength to strength in the ways our Bhagavan intended us to be. Welcoming more on this Regards Balagopal NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA --- Chandra Menon <chandrasmenon2002 wrote: > Dear members > I have been thinking of this not today but for > some time in the past and > Balagopal's suggestion prompted me to open my mind > Instead of waiting for this long why not join > together i.e. two or even three > families together conduct one Udayasthamana Pooja > that Bhagavan > will only be too happy to accept by eliminating > the " I or my " ego will be > replaced by " our " and thus the waiting period will > be either wiped off or atleast dwindled and the net > result is all are happy. > Pardon my suggestion > Pizhayakilum Pizhakedakilum Thiruvullam Kaniyuka > en Bhagavane > Ohm Narayanaya Namah > Chandra Sekharan > > balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal wrote: > HARI AUM > > Here is a suggestion: > > Can we apply our mind and put in our views and > inform > it to the administration? > > By doing so will we be contributing or will be > treated > as a nuisance or unwanted interference ? > > Personally I think it is an opportunity. > > This does not mean that the whole group is going to > think and decide one way. > This will be a forum which will record its members' > views and present it to the administartion: and they > can either take cognizance or ignore it, whichever > way > they chose to be. > > But will it make a beginning as a voice they can > listen to in future? > > Requesting all in the forum to give a thought to > this. > > Regards > > Balagopal > > NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA > > --- Suresh <suresh wrote: > > > Om Namo Narayana > > > > > > KERALA NEWS (17TH AUGUST’06) > > Guruvayur temple > > <http://keralanext.com/news/?id=815929> cuts > > waiting > > period for special puja > > 1 Hour,58 minutes Ago > > > > > > Guruvayur (Kerala), In good news for all devotees > of > > the Sri Krishna > > Temple at Guruvayur, the temple authorities have > > decided to slash the > > waiting period for an important puja ritual that > has > > been booked for the > > next 43 years. > > The Udayaasthamana Puja, a much-in-demand ritual > > performed for the > > fulfilment of wishes, is fully booked till 2049. > > Currently, the temple > > is performing the puja that was booked way back in > > 1992. > > The dawn-to-dusk ritual costs the devotee > Rs.50,000. > > According to rules > > in the temple, said to be hundreds of years old, > the > > ritual can be > > performed only 110 times a year. > > > > While for a normal puja there are 27 different > > rituals, the > > Udayaasthamana Puja involves an additional 18 > > rituals. It begins at 7 > > a.m. and goes on till evening. A closing ritual is > > performed in the > > evening of the following day. > > > > According to temple authorities, the pujas booked > > till 2049 would now be > > cleared in less than 5 years. > > > > " At our meeting on Wednesday we decided to > increase > > the frequency of the > > puja so as to cut down the waiting period. The new > > rule would become > > effective from January 1, 2007, " temple > > administrator K. Anilkumar told > > IANS. > > > > " In accordance with our new decision, we would > > perform 80 of the pujas > > in a month and 800 in a year. These pujas are done > > only on Tuesdays and > > Fridays. Many of our devotees had demanded this > > (slashing the waiting > > period) as many who book the puja die before they > > can witness it, " he > > added. > > > > However, not everyone is happy with the decision. > > The temple priest or thantri, Chenas Raman > > Namboothiripad, said the > > decision was taken without his concurrence. > > Anilkumar denies it. > > > > " This puja is just an offering and the thantri is > > nothing but an > > ex-officio member of the temple committee. It is > > strange that he never > > raised any dissent at the meeting. If he had > > dissented with the decision > > then it would have been recorded in the minutes. > He > > has voiced his > > dissent outside the meeting, " said the > > administrator. > > > > Increasing numbers of devotees are arriving at the > > Guruvayur temple in > > Thrissur district, around 300 km from > > Thiruvananthapuram, and the hundi > > collections have been going up. > > > > Collections have increased from Rs.6.5 million a > > month five years ago to > > more than Rs.10 million now. > > The number of devotees arriving on special days > has > > crossed 100,000 and > > on normal days the number is close to 30,000. > > Suresh > > > > > ________ > India Answers: Share what you know. Learn > something new > http://in.answers./ > > > > > ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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