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HARI AUM

 

Below is a draft of the main body of the memorandum.

Requesting all to participate to make a final one.

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

Changes in the Udayasthamana Puja

 

The news regarding the proposed changes in the number

of devotees whose offering of Udayasthamana puja that

will be conducted on the designated days are to be

increased from the present one to ten has evoked

varied reactions among the devotees of Guruvayurappan

spread across different continents world over.

 

The members of this forum which do represent a

crossection of the widely spread devotees of

Guruvayurappan too had deliberated the issue very

intensely in this forum.

 

The purpose of this memorandum is only to pass on the

various points discussed and enable the Devaswom Board

to take further actions taking into consideration the

feelings of the devotees of Guruvayurappan.

 

The highlights of the discussion are:

 

The Administration shall not unilaterally decide to

change the age old traditions followed at the

temple.The common belief regarding the functioning of

the temple both in terms of its rites and general

matters among the devotees is that the rights of

decisions are vested with the Tantri. So whenever this

belief is challenged it affects the belief system of

the devotees.

 

If this is not the case then it is suggested that the

demarcations are per the 'Shastra' is made clear to

the devotees.

 

The Devaswom's enthusism to facilitate the Bhaktha's

offerings of Udayasthamana Puja is commendable.But

firstly it would make sense for the Devaswom to find

out whether the devotees are really looking for that

amendment.

 

Assuming that the devotees are really hoping a change

in the number and frequency of the puja it shall be

put to test with the prescribed traditions namely the

vedic rites etc. and whose authorities are the Tantri

and other learned men who are in the know of such puja

vidhis.

 

If the proposal gets past these two gates then the

Devaswom may go to the next stage of how this can be

organised.

 

Some of the suggestions that came up in the forum are

given below for your knowledge and use.

 

 

Collectively the points are:

 

1. The Tantri's word shall be deemed as final

2. Administarion shall not interefere in matters

related to the Puja vidhi.

3. The reduction of the waiting period is certainly

necessary but the same shall be done without making it

a money spinnner for the Devaswom.

4. The above point is supported as-the cost of the

Puja remaining the same the participants shall be

benefitted by way of dividing the total cost among

themeselves.

5.The matter shall be widely discussed .

6.The matter should be put before those persons who

are in the know how of things like Tantri and other

learned persons of the State.

7.It is also suggested that public opinions be sought

before taking major decisions on such sensitive

matters.

8. Such changes are to be totally avoided and the

temple should be run as per the rituals prescribed by

Shree Adi Sankaracharya.

 

From the above, the concerns can be reduced to three

or four major types:

 

1. Do not make any change.

2. Change is welcome and shall be done with 100%

willingness of the tantri only.

3. Changes shall be accorded after due deliberations

amongst all the parties that are concerned with

namely-tantri, devotees, traditions, melsanthhi and

other santhis and the administartors.

4. The Devaswom has all the rights to make the changes

unilaterally.

 

The wisdom is always to go ahead with the plan after

doing the due diligence, even it means consuming

time,effort and money. Afterall all these rituals are

evolved as per the great traditions of our country

over centuries wherein the great saints and seers did

allow themselves to deliberate the matters threadbare

in the vedic forums of those days.

 

Having they done so this country with its traditions

survived the vagaries of time and evolving to be the

next super power in the days to come.

 

Hope we have only added value to your decision making

process by this humble memorandum submitted to you on

behalf of the guruvayur

 

 

 

 

 

 

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