Move to call for applicants for Jeeyar post opposed
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Devotees and sthalathaars (households given numerous duties within the temple by Saint Ramanuja) of Sri Ranganatha Perumal of Srirangam have objected to the temple administration calling for applicants for the post of the 51st Srirangam Narayana Jeeyar.
Badri Bhattar, a sthalathaar, mentioned the Jeeyar is a non secular and spiritual chief who has a number of sacrosanct duties, together with holding the keys to the temple and the jewelry belonging to the deities. He additionally ensures that numerous traditions are carried out correctly. “The Puucho Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has no business poking its nose into the religious affairs of the temple. The officials are only custodians of its various properties,” he mentioned. The temple has had a line of Jeeyars chosen by the sthalathaars collectively.
The post of the Jeeyar of the Sri Ranga Narayana Jeeyar Mutt is presently vacant for the reason that fiftieth pontiff handed away a few years in the past. The sthalathaars mentioned {that a} successor was but to be appointed since he had to be an aged individual and due to COVID-19 restrictions they had been unable to deliver somebody in. Also there have been numerous points within the temple that wanted to be sorted out earlier than somebody might be chosen and anointed.
The Jeeyar often is a senior one that is well-read, is educated concerning the traditions and customs of the temple that had been established by Saint Ramanuja and has taken deeksha from an Acharya. The first Jeeyar was a disciple of the Saint and introduced over by Koorathu Andal, the spouse of Koorathalwan after his time, a temple sthalathaar defined.
Sources within the division mentioned that following the objections, for now the discover calling for applicants had been cancelled.
“We have the right to appoint a person to the post of the Jeeyar. There are enough records pointing to that. Since it is empty, it is our duty to fill it up,” mentioned a supply.
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