Only last night (May 5, 2024), in my blogpost with the above title, I had spoken of the religious harmony and goodwill between Saivism and Vaishnavism that is found symbolised inside the Nellaiappan Temple in Tirunelveli where both Sannidhis of Shiva and Govindaraja Perumal can be seen abutting each other and worshipped side by sideContinue reading “STOP PRESS! I wrote hastily and unwisely “அரியும் அரனும் ஒன்று. அறியாதவன் வாயில் மண்’: Part-1: A pilgrim’s jottings””
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Sri Rangam Temple Eastern Gopuram collapses: “The Hindu” Report raises queries for the TNHRCE
The Minister of the TNHRCE Affairs , according to this report below in THE HINDU “said repair works on the eastern gopuram had been carried out in 2015 at a cost of ₹34 lakh. Following media reports of cracks on the eastern gopuram, the HR & CE department had prepared an estimate for ₹94 lakhsContinue reading “Sri Rangam Temple Eastern Gopuram collapses: “The Hindu” Report raises queries for the TNHRCE”
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The sorry state of a Sri Vaishnava heritage site in Chennai Mylapore
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”
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!”