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Dear Srivaishnavites,

FYI

Regards,
Kavalkazhani Venkatakrishnadasan.
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Source: The Hindu 
(http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031710960500.htm)

Tamil Nadu
  

Vaishnavite seers criticise remarks by Kanchi Acharya



By Our Special Correspondent









CHENNAI,


MARCH 16.

Vaishnavite seers and mutt heads today strongly criticised the reported remarks 
by Sri Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi in Hyderabad on the internal affairs of the 
Venkateswara temple at Tirumala. 

In a strongly-worded statement released at a press conference here, 
Sriperumbudur Embar Jeer, Melkote Yatiraja Jeer, Vanamamalai Kaliyan Ramanuja 
Jeer, Sriperumbudur Varada Yatiraja Jeer and Kanchi Azhagia Manavala Jeer said 
the Sankaracharya was in no way connected with the internal affairs of the 
Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). 

They said Sri Tridandi Sriman Narayana Jeer made suggestions to the TTD for 
restoring `aagama' modalities and traditional customs and practices as 
reestablished by Sri Ramanuja and his disciple, Sri Anantaazhvaan, in the 
11-12th centuries AD. 

As the Jeer's suggestions were given to preserve and enhance the temple's 
sanctity, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and the TTD received the 
suggestions in the spirit in which they were made and agreed to implement them.


`Rituals guided by Vykhanasa Agama'



Rituals at Tirumala were being guided by Vykhanasa Agama, with which the Kanchi 
Acharya had no connection. He had no locus standi on the affairs of the 
Vaishnavite temple, they said.

The Kanchi Mutt head would agree that no Vaishnavite seer would be given any 
role in the affairs of Siva temples. 

Legally too, as confirmed by a Privy Council judgment, one had no right to 
interfere in the affairs of temples belonging to other sects.

The Jeers said they would not encourage or be party to any derogatory comment, 
which would disrupt harmony among Hindus. The common people were not interested 
in divisions between Vaishnavism and Saivism that would lead to confusion, they 
said.








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