--- 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. ************** 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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