It may help understand hwere this pirest is coming form.
This is from a parallel article by Prem Panicker
"The couple, with Ravi, Purushottaman and others in tow, then entered the temple to offer prayer; Mercy, a Christian by birth and belief, stayed outside; as a non-Hindu, she was not permitted entry into the temple premises.
An unknown devotee spotted a cross dangling on the gold chain Mercy had draped around her son's neck, and complained to one of the priests that a Christian had entered the temple."
Wonder why she hung a chain with a cross just as he was entering the temple?
Surely the minister's wife could afford other "secular" or even Hindu gold chains.
And now the same minster is using "caste" and "Brahmanical arrogance" for political mileage.
I guess he forgot about that "little" incident.
What should be done when this rRavikrishna entered the temple wearing a cross, if the rules are clear?
How cheap.
Probably good for beating up the Hindus. (here the leftist& congress are allies)
So the readers may wnat to think about the motivation of Ravi, Sudhakaran and the CM for thier statemens and actions.
I believe that all Believeres should be allowed to enter and pray WITHIN THE RULES.
These poeple deliberately broke the rules and now a re using it to get poltical mileage
RE:Some background on this incident
by andre joseph on Jun 13, 2007 10:00 PM Permalink
"Paripoornan" is how the allmighty is described in Malayalam. Loosely translated, this means "someone who is perfect in every sense". He made man and like a mother who does not discriminate between her children, God too cannot see one human being in a lesser light than the other, for they are all his creation. The Tanti and the Vayalars are just microscopic specks in his creation. No human being has the right to deny another the right to reach out to his creator, be it in a Temple, Church or Mosque. In doing so, he is sinning against his creator. Any rules which are made in places of worship should only address issues which ensure orderly conduct and maintain it's santity rather than look at the religious background of the person in question. I may be a Christian, but what right does anyone have to prevent me from being a devotee of Lord Guruvayoorappan? Or is it that a Christian God made me and a Hindu God made all Hindus? It's sad when educated people start behaving like fourth grade kids knowing very well there are people who stir up such issues to gain some mileage from it. Logically in what way did the Vayalars affect the sanctity of the temple and what did the Tanti achieve by conducting a purification rite? God's presence in his house does not depend on who came there to worship him or if a few coconuts were broken. He is the supreme power and we humans are just tools in his hands. The sooner we understand it, the better.
