Sri Ranganatha temple - Part 4 - Please give a fair chance ..

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Dear SrivaishnavAs,

 

In the past there may have been some unpleasant happenings on

the way of handling of certain protocols in Sri Rangantha

temple. As of now things are very different. No one need to

fear that they may be treated impolitely or of that sort.

Whatever may have happened in the past, on behalf of all such

happenings Sri Venkat did a pAdhAbishEkam to each and every

Srivaishnava who came to the recently attended conference on

Swami dEsikan thiru nakshathiram. If you are a thenkalai or a

vadakalai Srivaishnava following Srivaishnavam and have come

with proper attire (pancha kacham for married purushAL and

thattAdai for bachelor) and have visited the temple in the

past week end to attend the Swami dEsikan thiru nakshatthiram

Sri Venkat would have done the same to you as well. That is

the kind of respect he is giving to all Srivaishnavas

including thenkalai SrivaishnavAs. He further prostrated to

those Srivaishnavas after doing Sri pAdha abishEkam and

pleaded for any apachArams done in the entire past. He did

it once again when we all left after the end of the second

day events as well. He did all these to many of us including

adiyEn, Sri Anbil and so on. I felt very small in front of

him especially when a bagawathA of his stature is touching

adiyEn's feet and doing pAdhAbishEkam.

 

It is not the intention by anyone to declare that other

temples in US are undesirable to be worshipped by US any Sri

vaishnavas. As far as i understood from Sri Dileepan the word

" only authentic " was only to emphasis the point that being a

true Sriviahsnva temple that donot have any devadhAthram in

it, Sri Ranganatha temple need not be isolated or avoided by

any Srivaishnava in particular thenkalai SrivaishanavaLs. It

was an emotional statement and adiyEn forwarded it after

clarifying this with Sri PD. It is unfortunate that all the

misunderstanding have propped up over the week end when

adiyEN was busy in Newyork and could not read the mails &

was neither informed by any about this. So please note that

the statement " only authentic " was never meant to undermine

other Srivaishnava temples in US.

 

Regarding the sARRU muRai protocol, even when two sARRumuRais

are chanted each one must only follow their own. Only when

one's AchAryA have given permission to do all, one may

deviate (please read what Sri putthur swami told adiyEn) from

their traditional worshipping protocols. Sameway Sri Venkat

has been ordained to conduct the temple rituals in a very

specific manner by HH 44 th Jeer of Sri Ahobila muth. As of

now he is not rejecting thenkalai sARRumuRai out of hatred

for any thenkalai bAgawathAL. He has to follow his AchAryAn's

command. That is all. In fact Sri Venkat faced with a some

what very difficult situation when he was suggested that he

do thaniyans of AchAryAs of other instituitions as well, he

asked adiyEn's opinion. adiyEn suggested to him that he can't

change anything now suddenly and he must talk to HH Srimadh

Azhagiya Singar about all these next time in specific and has

to act according to what HH may say. While adiyEn is not any

qualified to tell him, he received adiyEn's suggestion very

well. I understand and read with interest each one's view

point. While I love each and every bAgawathA who participated

in these discussions, my understanding on protocols are

different than some others'. This should not divide us in

future in any way. Let us help Sri Ranganatha temple in which

ever way we can. Please give Sri Ranganatha temple a chance,

please give DrVenkat and others a fair and open understanding...

 

Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Ranganathan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

 

 

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