[Advaita-l] Temple Worship by Gurukkals/Sivacharyas

[Venkata Subramanian]

--- On Sun, 31/1/10, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Temple Worship by Gurukkals/Sivacharyas
To: "Advaita List" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Date: Sunday, 31 January, 2010, 7:58 PM




> ... why are those Brahmins who worship in Temples given a "lower" status?
> Is it the case all over India, or is it only in Tamilnadu?
>  


There is no clear answer to the why, but such grouping in the social hierarchy


If I remember right, there is a prohibition by manu, against inviting a temple priest
for partaking of the food at annual SrAddha observances for the ancestors.
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The Samskrita kosa (for example Amara kosa) does not put a devala in Brahma varga.......atleast during some time in the past this understanding should have come into vogue....

 
 


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