I remember the story of Kanakadasa who was denied %u201Cdarshan%u201D of lord in udupi temple. Legend says that, kanakadasa went to behind the temple and meditated on lord, and diety turned around, and the walls cracked apart so kanakadas could have darshan. Our abhinava kanakadasa %u201CRavikrishna%u201D was not denied darshan, and a punyaham is a very normal process in a temple. I am not talking about temples outside Kerala. I am with the priest, may be he does not have the authority to deny the darshan to a believer, but certainly he has authority to do a little small, simple ritual called, punyaham in his temple, as per his belief which holds strongly, which he gained in all his life.
So called hindu believer, ravikrisha, so called devotee of Krishna, must also believe the words spoken by very Krishna,
sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah Bg 18-66
TRANSLATION Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.
When Krishna himself says to abandon all religions and castes, why we self proclaimed hindus, within hindus, brahmanas, kshatriya, with in that noth Indian, south Indian, with in that vaishnava, shaiva, are doing this petty squabbling on religion and beliefs?
I must say that, moment one says I am hindu, Brahmin, kshatriya and so on, that moment he is disqualified. Well.. atleast as per krishna!
