Pity state of Massive & Beautiful Bagawan Shiva (Suddha Ratneswara) temple in Ootathur - Near Srirangam & the Priest pathetic condition!
It's an architecture marvel & has the stamp of both Choza & Pandya Kings
Preist here is paid 3500/-PM to manage the temple!
#reclaimtemples
He is also responsible for 7 ft tall Panchanathana Nataraja statue which is valued in crores!
Apart from this, some guys have put a petition on the poor priest for not keeping Ambal Sannidhi open!!
As a lone man,he could only manage one Praharam at a time
So he takes turns
Does those idiots know the devotion & dedication of the priest
His family has been doing Pooja to Shiva Bagawan of this temple for past 200 years, hence he is continuing.
Neivedyam too is made for Bagawan from 3500!!
Else who else will come to do Pooja for 3500?
He says - even a cook gets 2-3K per day if he goes for cooking to a small family celebrations etc & these officer pay 3.5k monthly!
This is the state of our temple priest
While Mullah & white gowns are paid 10K to 15K per month from Govt without any revenue from them!
Freeing up Hindu temple from Govt clutches is the only way to help.our community & sustain our Dharma
The temple has a speciality too.
Water from the Brahma theertham in this temple is set to cure kidney ailments
It is true about the ootru water curing kidney problems. I have personally seen atleast four people cured in my own contacts. The effect of the Ootru water over the panchanathana stone of the Natarajar and the vettiver in the garland has a scientific detox effect
Please read the blog to know more about the temple
It's a beautiful blog
aalayamkanden.blogspot.com/2013/07/suddha…
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