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Respected friends

I am happy we are taking a balanced view of this move by Mr 
Karunanidhi. 
When Brahmins have adopted all the other professions including some 
in leather tanning, it is natural corollary the priests work can be 
equally taken up by others and we should accept all deserving 
priests from any Hindu community. After all, many great Alwars and 
Nayanmars were not from Brahmin community. 
But the worry is the objective of the CM of Tamil Nadu - he says it 
is a tribute to Periyar, who for all his strong points, was  a non 
believer and  called  all believers Kattumirandis and immoral 
(ayoggiyan). Hence I am very concerned whether the government in TN 
which controls most of the temples in TN will dilute all norms 
required to become priests and the training needs besides personal 
habits etc. Already we have seen the extent to which temple 
properties have been used up for other purposes leaving several 
temples in bad conditions. We have to cautiously welcome this 
socially very important move for the benefit of Hinduism as a whole 
but must be careful of Government's intentions. That so many from 
priestly community have left that profession and the country itself 
has brought us to this  situation and we cannot save our temples if 
we do not accept all Hindus who wish to become priests to become one.
I visited my native place last month Therazhandur only to see a 
magnificent temple in a lonely condition waiting for bhkthas. The 
priest prayed and sang beautifully to three of us and I felt a great 
distress. He said the nearby people from other Hindu communities are 
willing to renovate and use the temple for the very purpose for 
which it was built. That Aamaruviyappan temple was needing care and 
Bhkthas was touching. Surely more priests from other communities 
will help the situation. We Brahmins should take the lead in 
training them shedding age old prejudices.

T P Sampath
--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, raghava charya <velugaleti1@...> 
wrote:


> Dear  Sriman Padmanabhan Swami,
>   I fully concur with you about Non-_hindus enjoying the divisions 
among Hindus.
>   I strongly feel One Does Not become  a Brahmin by Birth only and 
There are Brahmins by Nature among other Classes due to their 
Knowledge and Enlightenment, Thus One can not apply the criterion of 
one being a Brahmin By Birtha alone.
>   Adiyen
>   Raghava Vleugaleti Charya 
> 
> padhma <padhma23@...> wrote:
>   Desigan Swamin:
>    
>   Thanks for bringing this issue to the forum.It is going to spark 
COMMUNAL violence in Tamil Nadu soon. Non-hindus are going to enjoy 
watching the infighting among hindus. 
>    
>   adiyan
>   padmanabhan
>   washington d.c
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> Thatha Desikan <tsdesigan@...> wrote:
>   Pranams to all people,
> 
> I hope many would have heard that the current DMK
> government of Tamil Nadu, is going to issue a
> government order that "All people, not just brahmins,
> can become priests in hindu temples". He has intended
> for all the temples that are currently under
> government. They also seems a plan to train many
> non-brahmin people for this.
> 
> Our tradition is based on varnashrama darma and not
> caste fights. But, he wont understand this.
> 
> Sorry to bring this news to groups, but any idea on
> what all the temples that might get affected?
> 
> Regards,
> Desigan
> 
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