பரதவர்களுக்கு மீண்டும் கோவில் ஆகம பயிற்சிகள் துவக்கம்

பரதவ குலத்தினருக்கு மீண்டும் கோவில் ஆகம பயிற்சிகள் துவக்கப்பட இருக்கின்றன. திருப்பதி தேவஸ்தானத்தில் நடக்கும் இந்த பயிற்சிகளில் அனைவரும் கலந்துகொள்ளலாம் என்று அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

1300 வருடமாக அன்னியர் ஆட்சியால் தடைபட்டிருந்த ஆகம பயிற்சிகள் மீண்டும் அனைத்து மக்களுக்கும் அளிக்கப்பட ஆரம்பித்துள்ளது நல்ல துவக்கம்.

அனைவருக்கும் இறையருள் கிடைக்க பிரார்த்திக்கிறேன்.

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Fishermen being trained in temple rituals
Wednesday March 26 2008 10:05 IST
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will intensify its efforts to reach out to the downtrodden sections of Hindus through social-oriented programmes in order to prevent them from being attracted to other faiths, TTD chairman B Karunkar Reddy has said.

Speaking after inaugurating a training programme in temple rituals for fishermen here today, he said the TTD would take up with renewed vigour mass programmes like Dalita Govindam, Kalyanamastu and Bhakti Chaitanya Yatras to remove the feeling of alienation among the neglected sections.

‘‘The TTD is determined to inculcate the Vedic thought and the spirit of greatness of the Hindu religion which encompasses the virtues of all religions in these sections so that members of these sections will not think of embracing other faiths for whatever reason,’’ he said.

Noting that six crore Hindus embraced other religions after Independence, more than the number of Hindus converted during the 1,000- year Muslim rule and the 300-year British rule, Reddy said the Hindu society was beset with evils like casteism which had no sanction in the scriptures.

Any delay in overcoming these defects would dent the image of the Hindu community and cause irreparable damage to the society, he warned. Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Mandali Buddha Prasad termed the TTD’s programme as historic and urged the TTD to train the priests of village temples too.

He said the government, on its part, decided to increase the ex gratia for fisherman who dies accidentally while fishing at sea from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh, besides waiving Rs 10-crore loans provided to them. The government also decided to pay compensation to about 250 families of fishermen who went missing in the sea.

TTD executive officer KV Ramanachary, SVETA director Bhuman, AP Fishermen’s Welfare Association president Kodur Jayaramaiah and secretary Tirupathi and others were present.