SrI: Dear Members of the Oppiliappan List : This will be the last of the mails in Oppiliappan List on this topic . I have released a number of messages sofar from the concerned Members about the decision of the Chief Minister of TN before the embers of his election politics hardly cooled . He must be a Vicious , Vengeful Vandal. A ploitician stooping so low to do one upmanship in the repeated battle to push a minority group down is despicable . His moves cause of the grave threat to the ancient temple culture and makes one suspect about his other motives (Viz) , appointing cohorts to join in the plunder . This crass politically motivated move of the CM to please his electoral base and punish the opponent is a cheap grand standing . Let me add a few things in perspective and close the discussions : 1. Bhagavaan belongs to every body . He looks at all Jeevans caged in different bodies and VarNAsramams with equal compassion . 2. Casteism need not be injected into these discussions but politicians find it alluring to kindle these flames and divide Hindus and Non Hindus . The politicians of some other states have been consumed by the very same fire that they have kindled . I thought Tamil Nadu is an intelligent state , which offered economic hope by bringing in New Industries . Apparently , the new CM is creating discord for advancement of his own political and private agenda . 3. Aagamaas are ancient and a Mastery of them is vital to perform the ordained AarAdhanams . Incompetent people overrun by crass commerical motives perform these AarAdhanams for PerumAL at many dhivya dEsams . Very few places are left where AarAdhanam is performed with sincerity and Faith. AarAdhanam is a fruitless in those cases and is a worthless activity . Saannidhyam leaves the deities and the power is lost . One may as well perform SaaLagrama AarAdhanam at home . 4. In fairness , the CM should take over all the churches , the Mosques besides Hindu Temples . He will see what a fire he would get into , when he does that . 5. I remember the previous times , when such attempts were made and it only hurt the archaka community , which rebounded in few Months . 4. Sri Jalasayanan makes an interesting point about the economic pull of some one wanting to enter these professions for the sake of making a decent living . The incentives are poor although the current archakAs stay in at many poor revenue producing temples because of family links. Number of them are helping their children to move out of these traditional positions since it is horrible to work under the apathy of the Hindu Endowment Board and the tyranny of the local Executive officers . I must say that some of the archakaas at "wealthy" temples are too greedy and take advantage of the visiors and the PerumAl suffers . 6. Let us get well trained , god-fearing competent priests well versed in Aagamaas , who are paid decent salaries and have respected career paths to uphold our ancient traditions . 5. I conclude that the current move of the CM is more of thumbing noses with the opposition that lost to him . The Court system all the way to the Supreme Court in a democratic country like India will deprive the CM of any success with his malicious scheme . V.SatakOpan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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