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EDITORIAL...
TIME TO END V.I.P. DARSHANS !
Recently the Union Government has passed on order banning Red Beacon
lights on cars of VIPs thereby signaling the beginning of the end to the VIP culture
in all walks of life. For this movement against the VIP culture to succeed, we need
to bring an end to the blatant VIP Darshan system in our Temples.
In 1948, the then Governor General of India, Sri Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
visited Tirumala for Lord Venkateswaras Darshan. From the moment he got down
from his convoy, he pleaded that he be treated like any other Pilgrim and thus
demonstrated his commitment to the discipline of being a true devotee, sacrificing
the privileges he was entitled to, keeping in view his foremost Constitutional position.
Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, Commanders-
in-Chief and so on, have demonstrated their respect for the tradition, were readily
willing to be treated like a common devotee.
The insistence on being treated differently - matched only with the willing and
succumbing nature of administrators - and the problem of Special Darshans for VIPs
and the resultant manifold inconvenience to the common devotees has become a
routine.
This is the 1000th year of Saint Ramanuja who propagated Temple reforms
and was asserting that everyone is equal in the eyes of the Almighty. He not only
preached this principle but steadfastly practiced the same in his life which stands
as an example for all of us. Any devotee who performs pradakshinas in Chilkur Balaji
Temple cannot do so without being helped to chant Lord's namas in the way that
Sri Ramanuja desired from the Gopuram of Tirukoshtiyur temple from where he made
everyone chant Lords Namas and proclaimed that Moksha (Salvation) was equally
accessible to all devotees. Chilkur Balaji Temple also treats devotees equally by
having no separate darshan queues for VIPs and also no paid arjithasevas following
the ideals set by Sri Ramanuja. Persistent pressure by devotees on the continuance
of these practices propagated by Sri Ramanuja, understandably has been blessed
by the Lord, as revealed by the fact that today, starting from TTD Devasthanam,
Kanakadurga Temple etc. temple administrators are forced to consider the
discontinuance of privileged treatment for VIPs in Temples.
Slowing down the movement of the flow of Pilgrims, sometimes, even stopping
the flow, results in restless pressure being built up - causing commotion and sometimes
unfortunately resulting in stampedes, avoidable deaths and many unpleasant incidents.
whether it is the experience of the earlier Kumbhmelas or the recent unfortunate
incident at the recent Godavari Pushkarams there is only one observation to be
made.
The time has come for us to unite to end the VIP treatment in temples.
!
FINE FEATHERS
Sri V.S.Karunakaran, Chennai
It was during the Tamil month of Margazhi (Dec When Vinata pleaded to her child to forgive her,
Jan) in 2015-16, I had been to the Divya desa he told her that after five hundred years his brother
Nachiyarkoil, well-renowned for Kal Garuda, to fulfil would emerge from the second egg and would free
my long time dream of reciting Thiruppavai in front her from the slavery. The first child lame by birth came
of the Divine couple, Goddess Vanjulavalli and Lord to be known as Aruna and later became the charioteer
Srinivasa in the morning for the whole month and of the Sun.
getting the satisfaction of performing my duty as One day, the sisters beheld the celestial white
theerthakara of the temple from the family of the horse Ucchaishravas flying in the sky. Vinata said the
descendents of Sri Nadadoor Azhwan Nephew of divine horse was fully white in colour. Kadru said that
Bhagavan Ramanuja. his body was white but his tail was black. They decided
In the evening, I delivered discourse on to lay a bet on this issue with the stipulation that
Thiruppavai daily in the premises of the temple. Many whoever lost would become the others slave. Deciding
school students also attended the discourse. We had to ascertain the colour of the tail the next day, the
arranged a competition for them with cash awards sisters returned home.
to the winners Kadru knew very well that the horses tail was
One of those students was a boy around ten white. But she had other plans. She asked her sons
years old. He was the son of the temples archaka. to go and twist themselves around the tail so that it
I asked him, I noticed that you are coming daily. Do would look black. But the snakes did not want to be
you like the discourse? a part of this trick and were hesitant. Kadru was very
He said, Yes. I like very much. I am very much angry at the disobedience of her sons and cursed
captivated by your novel interpretations and power- that all of them would die in the sacrificial fire of King
point presentations! Janamejaya.
I smiled and asked him, What is your name? When Kashyapa came to know of this, he went
He said, My name is Suvarnabhaksha! to Brahma for help. Brahma said, The snakes are
I told him, You should not spell it as poisonous and wicked and they deserve to die. After
Suvarnabhaksha, it is Suvarnapaksha! much pleading by Kashyapa, Brahma finally told him
I then explained him the meaning of his name. that the snakes that were good would survive.
Suvarna means gold literally .Figuratively it refers to In the meantime, the snakes which got scared
items as attractive as gold. Garuda, who is enshrined after hearing their mothers curse, decided to follow
as Kal Garuda in our temple is called Suvarnapaksha. her orders. They went and entwined around the tail
Paksha means wing. Suvarna-paksha means one with of the horse. The next day, the sisters went to inspect
wing as attractive as gold. Paksha also means the the horse. Observing a black tail, Vinata accepted her
side. So Suvrana-paksha means one in the side as defeat and started serving Kadru and her sons.
attractive as gold. Bhaksha on the contrary means After five hundred years, a huge bird emerged
food. It would mean one who eats Gold. Hiranyakasipu from the second egg of Vinata. This bird was powerful
was the one who ate Gold and dressed in gold So, and it shone brightly, even brighter than fire. He was
if you spell and pronounce your name as Suparna- none other than Garuda. Like his mother, he also had
bhaksha, it will not give the meaning Garuda but the to become the slave of Kadru and her sons. The snakes
meaning of Hiranya Kasipu..! would task Garuda with chores, and Vinata would ask
He then asked me, Why is Garuda called her son to duly oblige.
Suvarnapaksha? Garuda was fed up with being a servant of his
I told him, Kashyapa Prajapati had two wives - stepmother and stepbrothers. He asked his mother,
Kadru and Vinata. Though both were sisters, they were Why are we living like slaves? Vinata told him about
jealous of each other. Kashyapa offered each of them the bet and how she became the slave of Kadru. After
a boon. Kadru said, Let thousand brave and radiant hearing the story, Garuda asked the snakes, I want
sons be born to me. Kashyapa granted her the boon. to free myself and my mother from your bondage. What
However Vinata said, Let two gems be born as sons should I do so that you will free us from our slavery?
to me, who are braver and brighter than even my sisters The snakes replied, If you bring the divine nectar
sons. Kashyapa answered in the affirmative. from the Deva loka that would make us immortal, you
After sometime, Kadru gave birth to a thousand and your mother will be free.
snakes. Vinata laid two eggs and waited for them to Garuda then embarked on an adventurous quest
hatch. But since they did not hatch even after five after getting the blessings of his mother. He also met
hundred years, she got impatient and broke open one his father Kashyapa who was then meditating in the
of the eggs. The child in the egg, which was still half woods and received his blessings. On his way, he
formed, became angry with Vinata for her impatience saved a group of Valakhilya rishis falling upside down
and cursed her that she would become a slave. from the branches of the huge banyan tread on which
he had rested.
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