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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:36:17 +0800
Subject: RE: [agathiyar] Role of Temples in Ancient Tamil Society
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At 05:32 PM 7/22/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Please continue! Thanks!
I will:-)
Regards
JayBee
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JayBee [mailto:jaybee@...]
>Sent: 12 Jul 2002 09:18
>To: agathiyar@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [agathiyar] Role of Temples in Ancient Tamil Society
>
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>
>Dear Friends,
>
> This is an article which was written for the Souvenir malar
>that was published on the occassion of the Sixth International Tamil
>Research Conference which was held in Kuala Lumpur in 1987.
> It was reprinted several times with permission by various
>papers and magazines in Malaysia.
>
>One word:
> This is just the opening passage.
> Do you want me to continue?
> If so, then I must receive at least twenty letters of
> acknowledgement from members. If I don't, then I will take it for
> granted that people are not interested and they won't read and
> I will save myself, the trouble of typing out for hours and hours.
> If I don't write, then the web Tamildom loses an article
> on this type of subject.
> It is up to you, folks.
>
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>
> Role of Temples in Ancient Tamil Society
>
> The Hindu temple has always been the centre of Hindu Society
>and culture throughout the ages. In fact, it has been the axis around
>which the whole pattern of society evolved and revolved. With the rise
>of temple worship, there came up a varied and complex routine in
>each temple which was sustained by rich accumulations of lands and
>gold which were the results of pious gifts offered with such generosity
>and administerd with caution. What was handed down to it was
>enhanced by fresh additions and these left a richer inheritance to
>each temple.
> When India fell under the yoke of foreign imperialism,
>the temples began to lose their honourable status in society.
>It was following this era, that many time honoured practices
>and traditions fell into idsrepute and abuse.
> Slowly the role of temples was relegated into the backgorund.
>Practices which had been evolved through the ages from the dim past
>to serve definite purposes, became meaningless farce.
> Although at present, the temples are no more than places of
>random worship, victms to the vims and fancies of those in charge,
>it is still not uncommon to see a few temples in South India serving
>at least a few of the functions which had been originally ascribed
>to them.
> The object of this article is to give a glimpse into the
>Golden Age when the temples functioned not only as places of
>worship, but also as true socialistic and charitable organisations
>which solved such problems as inflation, famines, and unemployment.
>They ensured a more equitable and even distribution of wealth,
>promoted maturity of culture, thought, and education.
>
>Regards
>
>JayBee
>
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