Different Gods For Brahmins & Non Brahmins
SIR - Hariharan says gods for brahmins and nonbrahmins are not different. hari- you are missing thepoint here. leave non brahmins, as paramacharya has said in the book 'deivathin kural' even for brahmins there are two different gods - siva for saiva brahmins and vishnu for vaishnava brahmins! the customs, practices of worship in these two temples are different from each other! of course, you can find similarities even between brahmins and muslims! at the same time you must appreciate the differences between various religions, because if you do not , you tend to impose the practices of one religion on another. the dmk chiefminister of t.nadu,. who calls himself as kalaignaa, committed this foolishness by imposing tamil in brahmin temples. as far as i know, all the gods- the creator brahma, the custodian vishnu and the destroyer siva - are all brahmins. most of the non brahmin gods like rama and krishna are avtaars of brahmin god vishnu, lord rama worshipped lord shiva in rameswaram. i am amused to see non brahmin followers of the kalaignaa , worship god, but at the same time oppose brahmins! i don't think there can be any hinduism without brahmins for the simple reason that all the top three - brahma, vishnu and siva are brahmins. if you believe in hinduism you must also believe in brahminism.there is no point in loathing brahmins and at the same time worshipping brahmin gods, as the followers(?) of the kalaignaa are doing. of course people will now say after reading this 'please do not give caste identity for gods!" but just like mahaveera is jain god, gurunanak is sikh god, there are brahmin gods also! of course there are many non brahmin gods e.g.many ammans! many brahmins including myself, worship amman goddesses with fervent devotion and respect. so there is nothing wrong in brahmins and non brahmins worshipping gods of each other. but the individuality of the brahmin religion should not be tampered with. even among brahmins, the distinctness of siva worshippers and vishnu worshippers should be respected. of course, christian evangelists and their stooges like the kalaignaa have expolited and will continue to exploit the differences between bramin gods & differences between brahmins and non brahmins. but this should not deter us from speaking the truth. remember satyamevajayathe! truth will truimph- even if not now, one day!!