Dear Sri Guna and Sri VenkatEsh First, I would like to say that I did not request folks not to talk about hearsays. All I said was that it was not necessary to bring in a different topic into discussion. On your question, I cannot answer as to why Sri Mani had raised the discussion in the first place. However I can add my own thoughts on this. without dis-respecting any of the acharyas or elders, some (me included) may have questions about the turn of events. For example, Thirumala follows the Vaikhanasa system and they are very strong in resisting change. Given that background, one would logically want to know, how did a shrine for EmperuimAnAr come about in a Vaikhanasa temple, that too, when there is a shrine for EmprumAnAr and none for his predecessors or successors (?please correct me if I am wrong?). I also remember the shrine to be really large at thirumala, more so, compared to the one in thiru allik kEni. To me, history of temple and society development is fascinating and i do not mind questions of this nature. The answer is not going to affect my practices one way or the other. Additionally, I would not posed this question on a larger mailing list out of concern that it will get clobbered and morphed into V/T issue. thanks Adiyen Venkatesh Elayavilli > still stands. What is the objective, behind this effort to find out whether > the sannidhi is old, or was established by Sri ananthAzhwAr, or was it a > later day inclusion. Are we going to stop praying to our dear emberumAnAr > if the sannidhi was not consecrated by Sri anathAzhwAr or if it is not a > very old one. If it is so, what is the sanctity one can attach to the new > temples that are being built everywhere. Are we still not praying to the > emberumAnAr sannidhis or for that sake any sannidhis even if it is brand > new.
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