There are 3 parts to my message. It was reported for abuse and removed by the moderator when presented under the first part of this interview. I request the readers to verify and judge for themselves what is abusive in my message contents. Looks like some active zealots in the posters here who would not want the questions that I raised to be discussed here. It also appears that the moderator is one among them!
I am appalled by the contents of the reply given by the High Priest of Gurovayoor temple Raman Namboodiripad.
For one thing, he insists that the traditions of the temple and the rules of the temple as are laid down by Adi Sankara. I refuse to believe that Adi Sankara who said that the essence of Man and God are one and the same "Advaitha" would EVER have laid out this arbitrary rule of "Punyaaham". In effect, this "tradition" equates the mere presence of a human being to that of Vomit, Incontinence, Dogs piss and such items of material nature bringing back memories of a past where some castes were considered even beneath the level of sight and touch. I challenge the priest to produce any documentary evidence to support this. The same temple had until half a century back disallowed the so called lower castes from visiting it - was this again laid down by Adi Sankara? I exhort all self respecting Indians to reject with all your might that this draconian classification of men into sub human beings and hence refusal for them to even visit the shrine of the almi
