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[sv-rituals] Re: temple entry

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vaidhehi_nc • Thu May 09 2002 - 16:21:39 PDT 


SriRAma Jayam,
Srimate RAmAnujAya Nama:

Dear Naresh,
            Even I wondered many times why this happens. People 
follow traditions blindly at times!(without knowing why we do so). 
All I can say(and visualize what my dear RAmAnujA would have done) is 
all matters is bhakti(devotion to God which Bhagavad RAmAnujA very 
clearly says)alone and this makes the person eligible to enter 
temples. I strongly feel that certain sampradAyams have changed down 
the years. It's a trajedy why we have such stringent rules(if this is 
the case then how can we say that Hinduism is the most tolerant 
etc...smrti(rituals come under)should be in consistent with sruti). 
Yesudas is not allowed but his songs are played inside the GuruvAyur 
temple!(Is there any sense in it?). In one of his concert he sang a 
song on GuruvAyUrappan(Un sannidiyil pAda oru varam vendum) and also 
in another concert he sang a song on Lord Ranganatha(En nenjil paLLi 
kondavan SriRanga nAyakan and this particular song brought the scene 
of Ranganatha right in front of my eyes,and I never visited this God 
for many years,always craved to see Him,and atlast HE made me visit 
Him). 

Which text says that Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter temples? Can 
anyone throw light on this blind spot?

Sarvam krSNArpaNam astu
gita  



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