[Advaita-l] Restructuring the KedarNath Shrine

[V Subrahmanian]

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sri Venkatesh Murthy
> No doubt about this.Let us do our mite towards this goal of restoring the
> temple to its old form bereft of unnecessary commercial strutures.How to
> achieve this is my worry as such an effort will not be supported by many
> .Devotees require other facilities too .I read some where that in olden
> days devotees were not permitted stay over night in the temple's
> vicinity.Whether we can enforce this old rule?Whether the temple can be
> shifted to a much safer place after proper following of temple building
> shastras?Lord Shiva's grace should guide the people involved in this great
> endevour.R.Krishnamoorthy.
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 23-Jun-2013, at 10:30 AM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > It is a great tragedy and huge loss of human lives but the temple is
> still
> > standing. Lord Shiva is great. He is Mahadeva. We have to consider one
> > point. There should not be unnecessary new structures and  modern
> > architecture. It should be restored and repaired back to old style. Then
> > the devotees can worship with full faith there is no change in the
> temple.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Bishwa Prakash Subedi
> > <bpsubedi at yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Dear respected list
> >> members,
> >>
> >>          Pranam.
> >>
> >> First, let me extend my
> >> heartfelt condolences to the devotees, tourists and locals died and
> >> suffered in
> >> recent terrible flood of UttaraKhanda mainly in the vicinity of the
> >> KedarNath
> >> temple -- a great shrine believed to be established by the Bhagavatpada.
> >> This
> >> is the great harm to all Hindus.
> >>
> >> I request to spare
> >> little space of this list to discuss on this tragic incidence to condole
> >> the
> >> victims, find the way out to help those trapped and mainly what to do to
> >> restore the shrine and its vicinity.
> >>
> >> I urge the list members
> >> to voice for more than restoration of one of the greatest revered shrine
> >> of the
> >> Hindus. For this the government of India and that of UttaraKhanda as
> well
> >> as
> >> all Indians, Nepalis and Hindus should join hands to convert this curse
> of
> >> nature to boon and convert present unprecedented mourning/grief to
> equally
> >> unmatchable strength of the Hindus.
> >>
> >> My suggestion is to
> >> start with a master-plan where our ingenuity, resource, knowledge of
> >> shastras
> >> (including the vedas, shiva puranas and other puranas and smritis),
> hindu
> >> vastukalas and modern architechure are all act together. All let our
> faith,
> >> civilization, creativeness splendor, awareness and Hindu unity work
> >> together
> >> for this noble cause.
> >>
> >> While executing the
> >> project, our noble expectations may be achieved if we consider the
> >> following points before hand:
> >> ·        Standards and provisions of the Vedas, Puranas
> >> (including Shivapurana), Smritis and other Hindu scriptures regarding
> >> the works like this;
> >> ·        Stapatya-shastra of the East and the modern
> >> Western architectural developments be blended and balanced;
> >> ·        New information and technology, scientific
> >> development, art and philosophical achievements;
> >> ·        Ecological and environmental problems/issues,
> >> social and economic dynamics, security problems (man-made and natural
> >> disasters
> >> included), war, etc.;
> >> ·        Pilgrimage tourism including problems and
> >> success stories of the world renowned religious spots of Pashupatinath,
> >> Jerusalem, Lumbini, Mecca, etc.;
> >> ·        Expectations and requirements of general
> >> devotees, locals and religious businesses.
> >>
> >> Without a cautious move
> >> to restore the whole KedarNath area may prove unhelpful if not
> >> counterproductive.
> >>
> >> With best regards,
> >>
> >> Bishwa Prakash Subedi
> >> Kathmandu, Nepal
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> > --
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> >
> > -Venkatesh
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