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**ladleliDypenue** · 03-27-2011, 04:09 AM

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sometimes even i feel there is should be someother way to respect and cherish mahaans like shridi saibaba, raghavendra swamy, sankaracharya and many other great gurus....pls shed light how else we can remember them without our traditional idolistic rituals ??

In my opinion, we could have kept the "samadhi" of Shirdi Baba as it was/is and built a huge "maNdapam" or hall for people of all castes, communities and religion, to silently pray to the Baba or pay their respects in absolute silence. The funds for the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the samadhi and the mandapam could be collected by a trust and administered in the most transparent manner with audit and all of its accounts.

The same method can be adopted in the case of Raghavendra Swamy, Adi Sankara, why even Thyagaraja. Today we have a real cacophony being made without fail on the Thyagaraja aradhana day. I feel if Thyagaraja were to revisit that place today he would regret his not having sung the praise of the Lord in places where no other mortal could have heard them!!

03-27-2011, 04:09 AM	#30
ladleliDypenue Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	sangom sometimes even i feel there is should be someother way to respect and cherish mahaans like shridi saibaba, raghavendra swamy, sankaracharya and many other great gurus....pls shed light how else we can remember them without our traditional idolistic rituals ?? In my opinion, we could have kept the "samadhi" of Shirdi Baba as it was/is and built a huge "maNdapam" or hall for people of all castes, communities and religion, to silently pray to the Baba or pay their respects in absolute silence. The funds for the construction, maintenance and upkeep of the samadhi and the mandapam could be collected by a trust and administered in the most transparent manner with audit and all of its accounts. The same method can be adopted in the case of Raghavendra Swamy, Adi Sankara, why even Thyagaraja. Today we have a real cacophony being made without fail on the Thyagaraja aradhana day. I feel if Thyagaraja were to revisit that place today he would regret his not having sung the praise of the Lord in places where no other mortal could have heard them!!
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