A relative of mine who works for a leading newspaper in Chennai forwarded to me this morning — 18 August 2022 — the published report below : As a Sri Vaishnava I read the above news report and was deeply saddened by its contents. It made wonder why no religious organisation (muttams, charitable institution, volunteer-groupContinue reading “The sorry state of a Sri Vaishnava heritage site in Chennai Mylapore”
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya vedaantins” – Part 5
The history of the whole world tells us clearly that at the root of all great human conflicts is the inability of Man to know Truth first and to then Reconcile himself to it. Conflicts arise and continue to fester and outrage us only because one side of the conflict believes its version of TruthContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya vedaantins” – Part 5”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya vedaantins” – Part 1
The 2022 Annual “Brahmothsavam Festival” of the famous Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Kanchipuram has been been celebrated this fortnight with tumultuous popular fanfare, piety, ardor and religious exuberance. It climaxed in the great “Garuda Seva” procession of the Deity through the streets of the town where hundreds of thousands of devotees from all allContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya vedaantins” – Part 1″
The Tamil Nadu HR&CE Authority’s job is primarily one not of Asset Management alone … for God’s Sake!
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/its-a-golden-era-under-the-hrce-tn-minister-sekar-babu/amp_articleshow/87174727.cms Times of India 21 Oct 2021 This press interview below with the TN State Minister in charge of Hindu temple administration gives one the impression that the Minister takes his job very seriously. But then his job-description seems to be overly focused on trying to professionalise (quasi-corporatise?) temple asset-management functions — and this is,Continue reading “The Tamil Nadu HR&CE Authority’s job is primarily one not of Asset Management alone … for God’s Sake!”
“ARCHANAI” IN TAMIL NADU TEMPLES TO BE PERFORMED ONLY IN TAMIZH LANGUAGE?
When I posted the above Thought on my Facebook Page wall yesterday and shared it with many friends of mine, I was reminded immediately by way of a cautionary call to be careful about my politically incorrect utterances which I received from a dear old friend and ex-professional colleague of mine who long ago emigratedContinue reading ““ARCHANAI” IN TAMIL NADU TEMPLES TO BE PERFORMED ONLY IN TAMIZH LANGUAGE?”
Excerpts from the ORDER OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 07.06.2021: A devastating indictment of the Tamil Nadu HR&CE Commission and its working of the past several decades!
The Court’s Order is 224 pages long . It is almost a comprehensive White Paper on the present condition of the 42,000 Hindu temples in the state . As far as Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu are concerned everything (to use a Shakespearean expression from Hamlet) “is rotten in the state of Denmark!”… I readContinue reading “Excerpts from the ORDER OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 07.06.2021: A devastating indictment of the Tamil Nadu HR&CE Commission and its working of the past several decades!”