[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Guruvayoor temple matters- how to be EFFECTIVE

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HARI AUM

 

It is good to be proactive, reactive and more

importantly active. To be EFFECTIVE in all these the

CONTENT has to reach the DECISION MAKERS namely the

Board/Administrators of Guruvayur Devaswom.

 

Is there someway we can do it??

 

An easy way is to forward by such suggestions then and

there to the email id of GD or collect these in a

folder and send it once a week/month.

 

Regards

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

 

 

--- " K.V Gopalakrishna " <gopalakrishna.kv

wrote:

 

 

 

 

Dear all,

Radhe Krishna!

 

I had been reading sri. Krishnadaya's updates on the

GuruvayoorDevaprasnam. Whether people agree with the

findings or not is adifferent thing. I had been to

Guruvayoor recently and stayed therefor a week

attending a Sapthaham by Krishnapremi. I had also

madecertain comments about the discussions and

controversial matters comingto the level of personal

admonitions, etc., which were appreciated bysome of

our group.

 

My personal findings are

 

1. The security in the temple while entering the gate

has been steppedup. But I feel it should be further

increased, in the light ofpresent day happenings in

places of worship, especially those of thehindus. In

fact, security all over the township of Guruvayoor has

tobe stepped up, which is a function of the Devaswom

Board and thePolice. The security at private

discourses like Rugmini KalyanaMandapam, the Brahmana

samooham, etc.should be stepped up. As regardspeople

of other religions being admitted into the temple, it

againcalls for security risks, rather than Acharas and

traditional beliefs.

 

2. Personal dress---a subject of great

controveries---the fact remainsthat scientific

findings have proved that men receive positive

energyof the divinity, in other words, the

deiva-chaithanyam through theupper part of their

bodies, and hence men, if they are really seriousabout

the divine grace, should leave their chests uncovered.

It isalso known that ladies receive the same divine

positive energy throughthe ornaments they wear, might

be made of gold, theirmangalya-soothrams or even

fashion jewellery.

 

3. There is unending discussion about churidars. I

am of the opinionthat ladies should wear only sarees,

that too, made of cotton, as it isless susceptible to

catch fire in case of an emergency. Compare alady

wearing a nylon churidar and another wearing a cotton

saree. Incase there is a fire accident, the lady

with nylon churidar will bebeyond redemption and

cannot be saved, whereas the lady with a cottonsaree

stands some chance of saving herself from burns.

 

4. Nirmalya darsanam. People get up as early as 2

A.M. andstand at the gates to open and have a glimpse

of the Lord with theprevious night's decorations.

But by the time the gate is opened andpeople reach the

inner sanctum sanctoram, to their utter dismay,

theyfind that the nirmalyam is already removed. I

pray that thenirmalyam must kept in tact at least for

15 minutes so that devoteeswill not be disappointed.

 

5. Further, when the gate is opened, there is such a

rush to have thenirmalya darsanam that there could be

a stampede and some devoteescould get injured. Such

stampedes have happened in many other temples.

 

6. Getting the neivedyam-- People, especially those

who come fromoutstations, have to undergo the strain

and spend much time in bookingfor the neivedyams and

in collecting them later. If the authoritiesthink,

they can reduce the time element by organising

counters alongthe queue itself, so that devotees can

buy them on the way to thetemple itself.

 

These are some of my main observations, which I

thought, I should bringto the notice of the group.

 

Regards

K.V. Gopalakrishnan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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