Sri: SrimathE Ramanujaya Nama: AzhwAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadikalE Saranam Dear Sri Rama. Part of what you said is, sadly, very true, we tend to dwell too much on the past glories and not pay attention to what is going on now or what might happen in the future. Even though Sri Ramanujar is universally accepted as a first social reformer, we as a community, have strayed away from that path slowly over the course of centuries. We are no where near the Christian or Islamic groups in Social Charity and that goes for all Sri-vaishnava and non-srivaishanva communities within the so called hindu religion. I think as a community we need to move closer to social services like Sankara Netralaya or the Andra Hospital in Chennai etc. I also should add that VEDICs has taken up similar tasks, though in a smaller scale. I have been reading about the VEDICS lately and I should say I was one of the iniital sckeptics when the charter was formed. I will also say that they proved me wrong and I hope that VEDICS will become more of a Social Organization based on Sri Vaishanva principles. As a community we have lot of catching up to do. adiyEn Venkatesh Elayavilli > We Srivaishnavas spend most of our time tending to the alankaram but hardly > any time having a snanam! We praise Bhashyakara is hyperbolic terms but > Sriperumbudur remains a deserted dirty dump. The very birthplace of > Bhashyakara is in an appaling state of neglect. The Jiyar - H.H. Sriman > Varada Yatiraja Jiyar has to spend his own pension to maintain the matham > which is virtually crumbling. Those who have some power have sold off the > temple property for personal gains and the gold has been stripped from the > Vimanam to make jewellery for their wives and daughters! Maybe we should > leave the alankaram till after we have had a thorough snanam. >
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