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**tq4F7YKs** · 09-02-2007, 06:39 PM

Dear Sri N.R. Ranganathan Ji,

I have read with interest your response to Sri Hariharan. Since this topic of discussion has been quite heated in the past, I want to make sure that you will not understand my following questions to be in any way confrontational:

1. Please tell me, if any one other than a Jathi Brahmin, who undergoes the rigorous training to be an Archaka and can maintain the 'purity' level required per Agama Shastra can indeed become an Archaka?

2. Please tell me whether a person who is a butcher, or a person who is a cleaner of latrines, who perform their duties as acts towards Him, are unclean (in the view of our Shastras)?

3. Please tell me the differences, if any, between a Jathi Brahmana, Karma Brahmana and a Guna Brahmana. If these different kinds exist, can you tell me whether all the three types are by birth right (we know that it is so for the Jathi Brahmana)?

I have been mulling about these questions by myself. I think that you seem to be very well educated about our religion. I would really appreciate it if you can illuminate on the above three questions.

Pranams,
KRS

Mr. Hariharan.
I am not with you as far as allowing others to perform the functions of
archakas in the Temple. As you are aware, even the brahmin-devotees
are not allowed to enter the sanctum-santorum ( garbhagraham ) of the
Temples in order to preserve the sanctity ( sannithyam ) of the Deity.
The archakas must be pure in body and mind. You perhaps know that
they must get up at 4 in the morning, do poojas in their houses ( pancha-yudana or SriVidya or something else as is their custom ) chanting
Rudram, chamakam , sukthas and other mantras and then only enter the
Temple precinct. We can not disturb the Vedagama rules to suit the
political ends.

In regard to archana in Tamil, this is being done in some Temples.

Look at the crowd at the Temples now - in Palani, Tiruvannamalai, Madurai,
Trichy, Chidambaram, Tirupathi and Sabarimalai. Lakhs of people
circumambulate Tiruvannamalai Mountain every Full Moon day. They
belong to different castes. All these theistic devotees are not demanding
that archanas must be performed in Tamil; neither are they demanding
that non-brahmins must be allowed to do archanas. They have full faith
in us.

It is the politicians mean gibberish to show that they have brought out
some social reforms !!!

09-02-2007, 06:39 PM	#23
tq4F7YKs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Dear Sri N.R. Ranganathan Ji, I have read with interest your response to Sri Hariharan. Since this topic of discussion has been quite heated in the past, I want to make sure that you will not understand my following questions to be in any way confrontational: 1. Please tell me, if any one other than a Jathi Brahmin, who undergoes the rigorous training to be an Archaka and can maintain the 'purity' level required per Agama Shastra can indeed become an Archaka? 2. Please tell me whether a person who is a butcher, or a person who is a cleaner of latrines, who perform their duties as acts towards Him, are unclean (in the view of our Shastras)? 3. Please tell me the differences, if any, between a Jathi Brahmana, Karma Brahmana and a Guna Brahmana. If these different kinds exist, can you tell me whether all the three types are by birth right (we know that it is so for the Jathi Brahmana)? I have been mulling about these questions by myself. I think that you seem to be very well educated about our religion. I would really appreciate it if you can illuminate on the above three questions. Pranams, KRS Mr. Hariharan. I am not with you as far as allowing others to perform the functions of archakas in the Temple. As you are aware, even the brahmin-devotees are not allowed to enter the sanctum-santorum ( garbhagraham ) of the Temples in order to preserve the sanctity ( sannithyam ) of the Deity. The archakas must be pure in body and mind. You perhaps know that they must get up at 4 in the morning, do poojas in their houses ( pancha-yudana or SriVidya or something else as is their custom ) chanting Rudram, chamakam , sukthas and other mantras and then only enter the Temple precinct. We can not disturb the Vedagama rules to suit the political ends. In regard to archana in Tamil, this is being done in some Temples. Look at the crowd at the Temples now - in Palani, Tiruvannamalai, Madurai, Trichy, Chidambaram, Tirupathi and Sabarimalai. Lakhs of people circumambulate Tiruvannamalai Mountain every Full Moon day. They belong to different castes. All these theistic devotees are not demanding that archanas must be performed in Tamil; neither are they demanding that non-brahmins must be allowed to do archanas. They have full faith in us. It is the politicians mean gibberish to show that they have brought out some social reforms !!!
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