Dear Sri Sudarshan swamy,
I am very happy at your response & u spoke the complete nerve that we have been
following so far. In fact, we are a running a temple protection movement in
Andhra Pradesh with a motto to restore past glory of many temples. It is with
the support of many devotees an awakening to this respect is created now. Some
are restored, let us see how far we can go.
Govt has a big department with lots of officers and staff, but the money they
get from big temples like TTD becomes sufficient to pay the salaries of the
high ranking officers and staff of these temples. Nothing ofcourse goes to
small temples - only contributions to the exchequer are taken from them.
Being rich temple, TTD gets lot of attention from the govt.
Lord is the creator, protector & destroyer.
Sajjana Padapadma parama renuhu
Lakshmi Narasimha dasan
Sudarshan K Madabushi <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: --- In
SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, narsimhan csl <cslnarsimhan@xxxx>
wrote:
> I am extremely pained to see the 1000 pillar mandapam in front of
the temple simply razed to nothing. It is pathetic to see that many
buildings & surroundings of great importance which are desrved to be
protected at what ever cost have been mercilessly demolished without
any respect for the past.
> >Instead of talking all these sampradaya, they should
> >be talking about protecting our heritage and saving
> >our lord from these corrupt TTD officials and fake
> >swamijis. > >
IT LOOKS TO ME JUST FOR THE SAKE OF
> >DISCUSSION, WE DISCUSS ALL THESE CRAP (SORRY TO SAY,
> >AS I FEEL IF WE DONT WANT TO PROTECT THE GOD AND THEN
> >TALK GREATNESS ABOUT THE SAME god, IT IS REALLY
> >FUNNY). BY DOING THIS , WE MAY GET SATISFACTION BY
> >SHOWING OF YOURSELF TO EVERYONE ). May be I should get
> >out of this yahoo group.
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Dear members,
The sentiments which more than one correspondent has expressed above
are all surely genuine and justified.
However, I must say I wish the same degree of care and concern is
also demonstrated by everyone for the upkeep, protection and
preservation of several other hundreds of temples that are
languishing in S.India (especially T'nadu).
When a 1000-mantapam structure in Tirumala is razed it inspires
SriVaishnavas, both at home and abroad, to take up cudgels if not
arms. Very good, and we must welcome it, of course. But what about
hundreds of lesser "mantapam-s" in scores of lesser temples being
daily destroyed right before our eyes, through sheer neglect and
apathy on our part? Why don't we raise a hue and cry for those poor
temples simply rotting away? We must ask why is it that no "mattadhi-
pati" or high-profile pontiff comes forward to defend or otherwise
rouse his faithful following to support such poorer temples? I have
never quite understood why it must always be "tiruvEngadamUdaiyAn"
who must always monopolize the limelight at the expense of hundreds
of other poorer ones in the country?
(Here I must say I really salute those individuals/charitable
institutions who today are silently involved in the restoration and
upkeep of small 'adopted' temples and "divya-dEsam-s". They, in fact,
are the ones with the utmost credibility to protest against the
destruction of the 1000-mantapam at Tirumala. They could easily make
an iron-clad case if they were to say to the TTD, "With the same
amount of money you spent in demolishing the Tirumala-mantapam, we
could restore a dozen or more smaller temples that are under our
care. So dear Mr.TTD, please let us restore our temples first before
you go tearing yours down!").
To the gentleman who wrote above to say that (QUOTE) IT LOOKS TO ME
JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION, WE DISCUSS ALL THESE CRAP (SORRY TO
SAY, > >AS I FEEL IF WE DONT WANT TO PROTECT THE GOD AND THEN
> >TALK GREATNESS ABOUT THE SAME god,(UN-QUOTE)... to him above, I
can only say: Sir, unless you show us what really you did for the
sake of the upkeep/ preservation of other indigent temples in
S.India, all your righteous indignation might qualify too as no more
than plain "CRAP" (to use your own very elegant & parliamentary
expression).
The SriVaishnava community today faces a crisis of credibility, not
of piety.
Rgds,
dAsan,
Sudarshan
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