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   Dear Swamin,

   The Telephone number had been typed wrong in my message, hence this correction.  Sorry for the error.

   The name and correct Phone Number are given below:
    
     Sri Sampth Bhattacharya
     Phone: 044  27420053


     Regards,

     Brahmanyan,
     Bangalore.


--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brahmanyan" <abmanian@...> wrote:
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> --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kochappaa" kochappaa@ wrote:
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> > 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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