Respected swamins,
I want to share a haunting thought of mine. I am a retired middle
class pensioner in Banglaore. For the past 3 or so years I find
things are becoming very costly for doing annual pitru srardhams.
The charges are like this: Rs.650 for Bruhaspathi + small coins
Rs.50, Rs.600 for 2 swmingals, Rs.700 for thaligai swami and the
provisions Rs. 600. Thus the total cost of a srardham is Rs.2600. I
have to do two per year and arrange for the srardham of my poor
sister who passed away. Many middle class bramins must be facing
this kind of music. Can any middle class person can afford such
costs? Whether any other people from other religion or even other
caste people would spend like this annually on remembering the
departed souls? Rs.500 if donated to an orphanate or oldage home
would feed atleast 25 mouths. Where is our sect heading towards. I
am sure that unless our sect wakes up and rationalise and regulate
these fleecing bruhaspathis, the whole custom of peforming such
rites would quickly vanish. It is time, our mutts start some
registered body where they should register these bruhaspahtis and
swamins and fix reasonable tariff also.
adiyen
Kochappaa
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