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Tirumal Tirupathi Destruction

Jai Sriman Narayana!!

Gone are the days when outsiders, invaders etc attacked our Vedic culture and 
tried to ruin our
history. Countless temples were plundered and countless historic evidences were 
destroyed. The new
trend is that, people - part of our culture do that. It is so strange, but 
recent happenings at
Tirumala makes this fact clear! The destruction of age-old 1000 pillar temple 
recently at Tirumala
is a classic example of this.

Tirumala is part an integral part of our culture and existence. It has a great 
history and
cultural importance attached to it. In 11th century, when attempts were made to 
cast the Lord
Venkateswara as some other deity, Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja proved that it is in 
fact the Lord Vishnu
in the form of Lord Venkateswara. He regularized the worship and other temple 
related activities
by establishing Jeeyar Mutt and appointing qualified priests and other staff. 
Every inch of that
place has so much to say about our tradition and culture.

In 14th century again Sri Manavalamamuni renovated the temple.

The temple as we see today is the result of incredible efforts put forth by our 
acharyas.
What is happening to that now?

The 1000 pillared mandapam where the kalyanam of Lord Venkateswara used to 
happen is now
destructed few days back! The reason that was cited was that the administration 
there want to
increase the security of the temple and to increase the facilities for the 
visitors. How justified
is this?


Not just that! The thiru veedhi (maada veedhi) where Lord was supposed to go 
around during special
occasion (like Brahmotsavam) - was destroyed. 

Popular figures who do not know the basics of paancharathram or Vaikhanasa 
agama are making big
comments and making decisions on the functionality and the maintenance of the 
temple. What a
pitiable state! 

TTD is destroying Golla Mandapam and Hathiram Matt also.

Should we keep watching it silently??

When a small-unused mosque was destroyed at ayodhya, the entire nation felt for 
it. How about the
destruction of one of the most sacred temples of our culture by the people who 
are not outsiders?

Let us do anything that would help to stop this and preserve the sanctity and 
the history of our
culture.

If we keep silent now the future generations will blame us for not preserving 
the Greatest
Heritage we have.

Lord of Seven Hills Sri Venkateshwara who we all prey for the boons will pity 
on all of us for not
saving the "Kaliyuga Vaikuntam".

Realize and respond. It is our duty.

Send this message to every one who is interested in saving "Kaliyuga Vaikuntam, 
the Lord's Abode"
and preserving our centuries old Tradition and Heritage.



Jai Srimannarayana!

Adiyan,
Ramakanth Ramanuja Dasa





Sign your petition to day @ http://www.zeroguru.com/LatestNews.htm


Here are some links give more details about the Destruction.

http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala1.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala2.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala3.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala4.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala4.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala5.htm
http://www.acharyavaibhavam.org/Tirumala/Thirumala6.htm
http://chinnajeeyar.org/ttdissue.htm



Here are the links to send emails to Priminister of India, President of India, 
AP administration,
Sonia Gandhi and TTD.

I request all to send emails to the above VIP's to prevent the destruction of 
Lord Venkateshwara's
abode.


1. Priminister of India : http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm
2. President of India: 
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/writetopresident.jsp
email: presidentofindia@xxxx 
3. Sonia Gandhi: http://community.expressindia.com/letters/post.php?&topicid=65
4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 
http://community.expressindia.com/letters/post.php?&topicid=63
5.S.V Prasad, Prl. Secretary to Chief Minister,AP svprasad@xxxx
6.Randeep Sudan, Special Secretary to Chief Minister, AP sudan@xxxx
7.Dr. M. Sambasiva Rao, Special Secretary to Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh 
msrao@xxxx
8. Dr. K. Lakshminarayana, Joint Secretary to Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh 
kln@xxxx
9.Uma Maheswara Rao, Joint Secretary to Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh 
umajs@xxxx
10.Dr. S. VijayakumarChief Public Relations Officer vijayakumars@xxxx
11. TTD webmaster : webmaster@xxxx




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