Inculturation and culture piracy
Let me add a few lines on the long term intent of xtian missionaries :
1. They have been slowly and silently appropriating Hindu traditions and culture in a manner that, what is markedly Hindu will no more seem to be. It started with calling Bible as Veda, Sunday school as Veda agama Palli. This was 100s of years ago. This was succeeded by Amavasya and Ekaadasi Japakoottam,. building churches like temples, building churches near hill top temples etc. Recent times have seen shameless pirating of venkatachalapathi suprabatham, copied in tune and substance into 'yesu suprabhatam'. This theft of our cultural heritage. The idea is to rob us of our dear unique cultural artifacts, which is a crime under the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted on 20 October 2005 and to which India is a signatory. Please see UNESCO portal ( i cant post the link) ..We earnestly appeal to Sabha leadership to write to Government of India to enact a law based on this convention ... Right now it is not legally binding on the Government.
2. They have set up institutions like Tamil.Maiyam in Chennai, Kalai Kaviri in Trichy whose intent is to xtianise Carnatic Music, convert bharathanaaatyam into yesu naatyam, yoga into kristuyoga etc. These are being funded by missionary agencies from abroad and supported by 'secular' hindus . Sadly these hindus do not know what they are supporting.
3. At recent points in time they want carnatic music, bharatham, etc to become 'secular' like they have done to Pongal and Chithirai Varusha Pirappu.
4. The Carnatic tradition is intensely religious and most rasikaas see this is a bhakti yoga. It is not to be secularised and trivialised as these missionary forcesintend to. Eventually, noting the UNESCO recognition for the December Katcheri, they want to infiltrate the Sabhas and xtianise this under the garb if secularisation. Soon there will be attempts to infiltrate sabhas, run xtian kacheris, etc. What all are we willing to secularize:?: our symbols, our religion, our temples, our culture, our unique cultural artifacts, etc?
The venerable Ilayaraja realised this and stepped away after a brief thiruvachagam (a trojan horse) collaboration with Tamil maiyam. What we are giving away is our precious heritage which is deeply ingrained in our religion and no one has any right to take it away from Hindus in a manner sought yo be done by the likes of TMK. Let missionary forces do what they can on their own. We don't need to help them to attain that , faster. No carnatic musician has a right to trade away our heritage for a purpose that *extends to eventually obliterating and degrading Sanatana Dharma*.
All Sabhas and sponsors like Nalli Silks, RMKV Silks, Indian Bank, Dalmia Cement and many more sponsors should know that it is the Hindu Rasikas who fund and throng the Sabhas and make the music festival thrive, be successful and profitable.
We condemn any action of any singer which intends to take away or sell what does not belong to them .
We request cease any business relationship with such sponsors and Singers who do not wish to appreciate these genuine sentiments. We need to talk and reason with these Carnatic singers who knowingly or unknowingly steal culture and pirate the glorious heirlooms of Thyagaraja and other vaggeyakaaras, which are deeply part of the hindu culture and tradition This would be the demand of the lakhs of Rasikas.
Thank you in advance.
By an Aggrieved Rasika of Saint Thyagaraja and pure, divine & unadulterated Carnatic Music
