SOUTH INDIAN are real owners of ancient medieval Bharat. The rituals, the way of worship, the faith, the woman folk always respected and worshiped as Goddess. But downfall of priests(those in charge of temples) have led to such situation. Can’t help.
Wonderful Article Swami Venkataraman Ji- especially your points about agamas, ritual practices and
“In this case, the Sabarimala temple serves as a place for men to gather, reflect upon celibacy, seek divine blessing, and hopefully retain some of that control over senses in daily life for the rest of the year.”
My take on this:
The Deeksha does change lives, puts it back on track for many devotees with positive impact on their families particularly ladies and kids.
(even if you look at it from purely behavioral change point of view – result is transformative and beneficial)
Hope everyone understands the significance of this.
Pleeeeeease, YY, you are mixing history with speculation. You started brilliantly. Congress is playing right royal Hindutva and there is nothing soft about it any more. You have correctly brought it out. Also, the Muslim-appeasement-strategy of Congress in the 1950s to 1980s has been brought out by you well. But, is it right to insinuate that Congress organized riots to keep Muslims insecure? Do you have specifics? Or, are you generalizing from exceptions? Please write a sequel to this so that we can really know,
The author has pointed out that the SC must opine on other places of worship as well as Sabarimala. The SC would certainly take a view, provided such cases are brought up before it. Shani Singnapur and Haji Ali are cases in point.
He has also said that God in HInduism is worshipped in many forms. All these forms are equally deserving of adoration by worshippers of all sexes and age groups. Men worship at the Kolkata Kali temple and at Durga Pujas. There is nothing incongruous if women admire and adore the sacrifice of Ayyappan who decided to remain a celibate at Sabarimala.This would not in the least interfere in men worshippers having their own discussions about celibacy, meditation , leading better lives etc.
SOUTH INDIAN are real owners of ancient medieval Bharat. The rituals, the way of worship, the faith, the woman folk always respected and worshiped as Goddess. But downfall of priests(those in charge of temples) have led to such situation. Can’t help.
Wonderful Article Swami Venkataraman Ji- especially your points about agamas, ritual practices and
“In this case, the Sabarimala temple serves as a place for men to gather, reflect upon celibacy, seek divine blessing, and hopefully retain some of that control over senses in daily life for the rest of the year.”
My take on this:
The Deeksha does change lives, puts it back on track for many devotees with positive impact on their families particularly ladies and kids.
(even if you look at it from purely behavioral change point of view – result is transformative and beneficial)
Hope everyone understands the significance of this.
Regards
Srini
Pleeeeeease, YY, you are mixing history with speculation. You started brilliantly. Congress is playing right royal Hindutva and there is nothing soft about it any more. You have correctly brought it out. Also, the Muslim-appeasement-strategy of Congress in the 1950s to 1980s has been brought out by you well. But, is it right to insinuate that Congress organized riots to keep Muslims insecure? Do you have specifics? Or, are you generalizing from exceptions? Please write a sequel to this so that we can really know,
The author has pointed out that the SC must opine on other places of worship as well as Sabarimala. The SC would certainly take a view, provided such cases are brought up before it. Shani Singnapur and Haji Ali are cases in point.
He has also said that God in HInduism is worshipped in many forms. All these forms are equally deserving of adoration by worshippers of all sexes and age groups. Men worship at the Kolkata Kali temple and at Durga Pujas. There is nothing incongruous if women admire and adore the sacrifice of Ayyappan who decided to remain a celibate at Sabarimala.This would not in the least interfere in men worshippers having their own discussions about celibacy, meditation , leading better lives etc.