01-20-2006, 07:41 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A similar controversy erupted when permission was denied to the visiting Thai princess to enter the Jagannath shrine in Puri. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
When Lord Curzon was Gov General of India, out of respect, even he paid his respects to the deity from a platform built outside the temple. I'm not sure if the temple in question was at Puri or elsewhere. But these days apparently every Commie, Dick & Hari seems to have an opinion on how temples should operate... note only temples.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Little matter that India's secular Constitution guarantees the freedom to worship and abolishes discrimination against anybody on the basis of birth and religion. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry, where's this coming from? Go to Mumbai and see if you (a non-Parsi) can enter any Parsi place of worship. Being a secular person <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> and having personally visited temples, churches, masjids and gurudwaras, I couln't ever visit a Parsi temple despite the fact most of my close friends were Parsis. And I did respect their sentiments and culture without lecutring them the Indian Penal Code or Consititution of India and the secular hubris floating in media circles.
Are non-Muslim permitted to enter the holy city of Mecca in order to see the Ka'aba? Are non-Christians are not allowed to enter the Coptic orthodox churches in Ethiopia? Can non-confirmed Catholic partake of the Holy Communion? Are non-Jews are forbidden to enter an orthodox Hessidic synagogue?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Guruvayoor authorities are considering cleansing ceremonies to expel the alien's polluting influence. Such a course would not only be a diplomatic blunder,<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Guruvayoor authorities aren't bestowed upon the diplomatic responsiblities of India. It's the job of Ministry of External Affairs. Let's keep the temple and state separate shall we?
When Lord Curzon was Gov General of India, out of respect, even he paid his respects to the deity from a platform built outside the temple. I'm not sure if the temple in question was at Puri or elsewhere. But these days apparently every Commie, Dick & Hari seems to have an opinion on how temples should operate... note only temples.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Little matter that India's secular Constitution guarantees the freedom to worship and abolishes discrimination against anybody on the basis of birth and religion. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry, where's this coming from? Go to Mumbai and see if you (a non-Parsi) can enter any Parsi place of worship. Being a secular person <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> and having personally visited temples, churches, masjids and gurudwaras, I couln't ever visit a Parsi temple despite the fact most of my close friends were Parsis. And I did respect their sentiments and culture without lecutring them the Indian Penal Code or Consititution of India and the secular hubris floating in media circles.Are non-Muslim permitted to enter the holy city of Mecca in order to see the Ka'aba? Are non-Christians are not allowed to enter the Coptic orthodox churches in Ethiopia? Can non-confirmed Catholic partake of the Holy Communion? Are non-Jews are forbidden to enter an orthodox Hessidic synagogue?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Guruvayoor authorities are considering cleansing ceremonies to expel the alien's polluting influence. Such a course would not only be a diplomatic blunder,<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Guruvayoor authorities aren't bestowed upon the diplomatic responsiblities of India. It's the job of Ministry of External Affairs. Let's keep the temple and state separate shall we?