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Radhekrishna !
I could enjoy the discussions. The basic question raised here is whether we can encourage politicians in such a well known sat sang like 'Alangudi Radhakalyanam'. The answer is no if our invitation is having a hidden intention of deriving political/power gain out of it. In case a politician or a leader of a particular movement is a staunch believer in our Hindu systems and practices, there is nothing wrong in calling them. But we should remember that it is like walking on a rope. Selfless organizers can alone accomplish this with the help of like minded people.

Sri.RKP termed mixing politics and religion is akin to a deadly cocktail. If fact, politics and religion were going together in our country. There was no need to mix then . The present scenario is an effect of Kali. We need not worry about it. We need to honour the desires of willing and genuine devotees. We should never mind about caste, creed or group he belongs to. After all our aim is to uphold our cherished culture.

Many politicians, high profile people and religious heads use to attend 'Alangudi Radhakalyanam'. But they all come as devotees only. We never put any demand to them nor do we accept anything from them. As long as we are pure and our intentions are clear, we need not worry. The entire village, irrespective of caste, use to attend the function and enjoy 'namasankeerthan'. Yet, we preserve the values of ' pracheena sampradhayam' and carry out entire proceedings without any deviation. You may all wonder to know that the villagers will be curiously waiting for 2n week of Feb every year to attend this bhajan event.

We need to encourage casteism only when it comes to marriage to avoid parental and social embarrassments. There is nothing wrong in it. But, while taking up the job of protecting and promoting our culture to take it in its full form to our next generation, we all should work shoulder to shoulder.

R.Kalyanaraman