I am perplexed to see this being the ojbect of continued public debat. Surely this is a matter between the Vayalar Ravi family and the temple authorities. Where is the question of dragging in the government, state's institutions or anyone else? Just because the man is a minister the question cannot become THE most important issue in hand. There are amillion other life and death issues that the government nor this minister is inclined to take up let alone resolve. This matter should be resolved in a private way putting pressure on the temple authorities through the help of other worhippers. The way the minister has gone about it is tantamount abuse of power. Haven't ministers Indira Gandhi, V.V.Giri (then President) and politically connected people got into temples, had pujas performed and enjoyed private dharshans from Tirupathi to Kanyakumari or Amarnath to Pandaripur? Where then was the indignation for the common man? Where was the need for justice placed? Where was equality or the degree of devotion that is no doubt far greater among the simple folk, rewarded or given consideration? From this story we have learned for the nth time that in India if you are a MInister then then you can question equality, insult the Brahmin pujaris and priests, waste valuable public money and abuse of government status to change the rules of institutions that are NOT under government charge. Will we hear Vyalar Ravi insisting that all the devotees be given equal rights on a first come first
