Thread by @Ashwinsampathk

A very personal acquaintance and close friend who is the chief priest of Padmanabha temple of Thiruvananthapuram shared some wisdom which i am penning down ,

It is believed that India is Devabhumi or the Land of Devathas . This land is rich with countless religious.

denominations and temples. We have on the north and south, two Deities who are Lord Narayana's manifestations with His fullest potency - Badari Vishal and Sree Padmanabha Perumal . Any country will have checkposts on the borders to secure its territory. These two Temples may be

considered as divine checkposts into this Devabhumi.

Now may I invite your attention into two slokas from "Prasnamargam", a book on astrology. Though Jupiter can denote all Iswaras, the planet most importantly stands for Lord Vishnu. The book says "Jeevosthu Narayanah"

and declares "Jeevo Mahavishnu apyukthoyam". According to Hinduism, the holy Trinity is in charge of creation, preservation and destruction. In the Trinity, Lord Vishnu is the Protector or Sustainer of the Universe. Peace, security and happiness are fundamental to

ensuring protection. Lord Vishnu, Granter and Guarantor of peace, security and happiness dwells in all His glory in Badari and Thiruvananthapuram. Unfortunately, the very existence of both these Temples is under threat now. When adversity is allowed to strike such great Temples,

misfortune befalls our country. That is what we have been seeing for the past many days.

We are eagerly awaiting the judgement of Supreme court w.r.t to the administration of Sri Padmanabha Temple on monday ie 13th July. i am very optimistic. Fingers crossed