Even with the benefit of 20:20 historical hindsight that we enjoy today, and as it was in his own time without it, Srinivasa Sastry could never easily be stereotyped. He was rather unique in that it could not be said with any certainty whether he was outright an Orthodox or Performative Brahmin “Sanatanist” or otherwiseContinue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy… (Part-15): “Anti-Sanatanist Liberal” or “Orthodox Performative Brahmin”? …”
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To reach a consensus for Ayodhya “praana pratishta“, shouldn’t the “4+1 Sankaracharyas” convene a conclave?
Like many millions of people in our country I too have been in the last one week closely following the rather unseemly politico-religious goings-on at Ayodhya leading up to the “praana pratishta” inauguration of Ramajanmabhoomi temple . It is disheartening to see that the planned event at Ayodhya has now caused yet another polarisation inContinue reading “To reach a consensus for Ayodhya “praana pratishta“, shouldn’t the “4+1 Sankaracharyas” convene a conclave?”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55
In this section in the little-known c.1960s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas” the subject dealt with by Doraiswami Iyengar is the rather delicate and controversial question of Idolatry which according to him has become almost a defining characteristic of the modern Sri Vaishnava identity. Once again a brief explanatory note is being penned belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54
Failing to effectively repel hostile calumny and criticisms by other schools of Hindu religion against Sri Vaishnavism. In this section of Doraiswamy Iyengar’s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas”, another facet of “ubaya-vedanta” in the post-Indian Independence era gets critically examined. Lest the passages written by Doraiswamy Iyengar are misunderstood or misinterpreted, I offer belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54″
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!”
It’s now official : “PERIYAR” is the ideological heir of Sri RAMANUJACHARYA!
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-temples-open-up-by-shutting-door-on-caste-bias/articleshow/85419121.cms Times of India 18 Aug 2021 In the above news-article, two great Hindu religious icons of the past have been appropriated by the “Periyarist” Government of Tamil Nadu to endorse and and celebrate the employment, under the State enacted Archaka Act, of all Castes as Hindu temple priests viz. Sri Ramanujacharya, the 11th CenturyContinue reading “It’s now official : “PERIYAR” is the ideological heir of Sri RAMANUJACHARYA!”
The Hindu “Agamas” and the Indian Constitution… the Writing on the Wall is dire and stark.
In November 2019, the Supreme Court of India pronounced a grave warning to the People of India in these words: “Let every person remember that the “holy book” is the Constitution of India, and it is with this book in hand that the citizens of India march together as a nation, so that they mayContinue reading “The Hindu “Agamas” and the Indian Constitution… the Writing on the Wall is dire and stark.”