Janaki Jambunathan
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TBs have no reason to cry foul - Caste based reservation in adminstrartion 0f temples was created by Udayavar and hailed as மதத்தில் புரட்ச்சி!
For instance there were Sthanathar (hereditary servitors) and Aryabhataal (securitymen). Sri Ramanuja showed the way by personally overseeing the work throughout the day. He set up another group of ten that included tailors, pipers, temple dancers, farmers, sculptors, goldsmiths, bell-metal workers, washermen, potters, boatmen and musicians. This was masterly planning:
“Thus the ten groups of Srivaishnavas, Ekangis, Sattadamudalis, the Kulasekhara Tiraivanigar (the business class which travels overseas to acquire wealth), the miscellaneous temple servants and the ten groups of the non-brahmin parijanas, doing their sacred duties in the Temple were created and their duties were fixed by Udayavar.”
Since feeding the pilgrims was high on the agenda, food supply was given top priority and even today one can see the massive storage bins at the Srirangam temple and the varieties of prasadams that are available. The Dhanvantari sannidhi, with a herbal garden, was inaugurated with Garuda vahana Pandithar in charge. Building of halls (Karuthurai Mandapam, for instance) was encouraged as places to impart education. The famous Manipravala commentaries were the result of the great scholars educating their audiences in these halls. The Acharya involved people from all stratum to work for the temple and arranged for their being honoured accordingly, and these customs continue to be in force.
Prasada had to be prepared daily by Brahmin cooks in the temple kitchens; expert horticulturists from other castes were in charge of maintaining gardens and bringing garlands daily for the Lord; Washermen had to keep ready the garments for draping the deities; cooking vessels were supplied by potters, tree-climbers used to bring tender coconuts for the deity; the Yadava clan were involved in maintaining the ‘go’ shalas and for procuring milk, curd and ghee
http://www.thehindu.com/features/fr...vars-management-principles/article8681838.ece
TBs have no reason to cry foul - Caste based reservation in adminstrartion 0f temples was created by Udayavar and hailed as மதத்தில் புரட்ச்சி!
For instance there were Sthanathar (hereditary servitors) and Aryabhataal (securitymen). Sri Ramanuja showed the way by personally overseeing the work throughout the day. He set up another group of ten that included tailors, pipers, temple dancers, farmers, sculptors, goldsmiths, bell-metal workers, washermen, potters, boatmen and musicians. This was masterly planning:
“Thus the ten groups of Srivaishnavas, Ekangis, Sattadamudalis, the Kulasekhara Tiraivanigar (the business class which travels overseas to acquire wealth), the miscellaneous temple servants and the ten groups of the non-brahmin parijanas, doing their sacred duties in the Temple were created and their duties were fixed by Udayavar.”
Since feeding the pilgrims was high on the agenda, food supply was given top priority and even today one can see the massive storage bins at the Srirangam temple and the varieties of prasadams that are available. The Dhanvantari sannidhi, with a herbal garden, was inaugurated with Garuda vahana Pandithar in charge. Building of halls (Karuthurai Mandapam, for instance) was encouraged as places to impart education. The famous Manipravala commentaries were the result of the great scholars educating their audiences in these halls. The Acharya involved people from all stratum to work for the temple and arranged for their being honoured accordingly, and these customs continue to be in force.
Prasada had to be prepared daily by Brahmin cooks in the temple kitchens; expert horticulturists from other castes were in charge of maintaining gardens and bringing garlands daily for the Lord; Washermen had to keep ready the garments for draping the deities; cooking vessels were supplied by potters, tree-climbers used to bring tender coconuts for the deity; the Yadava clan were involved in maintaining the ‘go’ shalas and for procuring milk, curd and ghee
http://www.thehindu.com/features/fr...vars-management-principles/article8681838.ece
