Thread by @sumanthraman

Welcome announcement of @PKSekarbabu to appoint female priests in temples.This should have been a change brought about by Hindu community itself &not dictated by Government but since this is a reform that is progressive one must welcome it despite fact it is being dictated 1/7

The only constant in the world is change. That applies to religions too.Any religion that is infelxible to societal changes around it is bound to perish. One of the great strengths of Hinduism has been its adaptability to change. Rituals have been modified to suit the norms 2/7

of society&pace of modern life.Practices like Child marriage which were once sanctioned by religion have been abolished. So we need to embrace this change too.Women are already priests in some non agama/village temples.I was told that scriptures do not explicitly3/7
#Womenpriests

bar women from becoming priests. Yes,there will be a few years of opposition from conservatives but after that it will be accepted as the norm. No one will even notice the gender of a temple priest 50 years later.
A priest's role in a temple is mostly ritualistic, to perform 4/7

the poojas and archana. We go to temples to worship God not the priest. So, why should the caste or gender of the priest matter? What should matter is how sincere and dedicated the priest is to his/her job and if they possess the necessary education and training for the job.5/7

Many will ask will a question.If Govt is appointing female temple priests will they also appoint women as Maulvis &Bishops?They hv no authority to &this is double standards.But issue here is to see whether the change being brought about (though by) Govt is progressive or not. 6/7

IMHO it is and that is why it needs to be welcomed.
These are just my 2 cents as a temple going Hindu. I have for a long while supported appointing people from all castes as priests. This is the logical next step. Comments welcome. No abuse please. 7/7 #TemplePriests