Around 1940 in Kolkata some persons started building a Hanuman temple. Some kALi upAsakas objected to this stating that this being kAli's katta there cannot be a temple for any other devata. This became a big dispute and ended in court. The judge who examined this addressed both 
parties said - this being an issue of religion it will be better for an elder in your religion to make a decision. If both of you agree on one i intend to send the records to him and ask him to make a determination. Both parties decided that if the sringeri AcArya makes a
determination on the matter they will abide by it. The records were sent to sri sri chandrashekhara bharathi mahaswamigaL who as at that time in kAladi. Srimad AcharyaL sent his opinion " while kASi is sri viSveSwaras kSetra there are temples there for madhava durga and hanumAn
Their presence is not an apacAra to viSweSwara. Therefore building a temple for kALi in kaLi ghatta is not an apacAra to kALi. In our sampradaayas when we build a temple for a deity we do it with a bhavana that the deity so established is the sarveSwara responsible for creation
protection and the destruction of the world. Even if the Murthy is different the sarveSwara is one - this widely accepted. When the pratiStA of any Murthy is made with the bhavana that it is sarveSwara : because it is all pervading, it is nyAya that all other murthys are part of
and pervaded by it. Ignoring or hating the pervaded murthy will not please the all pervading devata Therefore it is not nyAya for anyone who thinks that the devata he worships is all pervading, to disrespect other devatas. Since the other devatas are a part of the upaasya devata
there must be respect toward them. Having conflicts based on differences in murthys is not correct. Therefore durga upasakas must view hanuman as pervaded by mahakaLi. They must view the pratiStA of hanuman who is pervaded by mahakaLi as a honor to mahAkALi herself"
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