Hi, I am an ardent Guruvayoorapan devotee and visit the temple as often as I can. I don't agree with the views of the tantri that he is basically following the rules set by Adi Sankara. If rules exists which discriminate a person because of his religion, it should be abolished. I would suggest that devasom board which governs the temple should change the rules. The concept of a someone becoming a head tantri just because he was born in a particular family should also be abolished. We as a society have inherited the traditions from past when untouchability was practiced in open . Since then we have come a long way and the rules governing the temple should also be changed.
As a matter of fact, the tantries themselves are no longer morally or ethically clean as they were generations ago. They have also moved with the times and engage in all immoral activities which are against the rules of performing priestly duties. Recently the head tantri of Sabrimala temple was caught in a prostitute house in Ernakulam and was blackmailed to part with huge amounts of cash. The said tantri was ready to part with lakhs of money demanded by the blackmailers and the prostitute until he was persuaded by someone in his family not to do it and file a police complaint. The tantri was arrested and as usual he must have bribed the officials to get out of it. The point is you can imagine what sanity his children or his future generations have to perform puja in Sabrimala temple.
