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N. Ganesan
Dec 3, 2021, 11:02:25 PM12/3/21
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சிஎம் பிரணாயி விஜயன் சபரிமலைச் சர்ச்சையில் கேரளத்து ஹிந்து பக்தகோடிகளால் பின்வாங்கினார். ஆந்திராவில், பெண்கள் உள்ளே சென்று வழிபடாக் கோவில் உள்ளது. பொங்கல் வைத்து வழிபாடு இயற்றும் தலம். தமிழ்நாட்டில் இதுபோல் திருக்கோவில் உண்டா எனப் பார்க்கணும்.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/a-temple-where-only-men-and-cows-are-allowed/article33561325.ece
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A temple in Kadapa where only men and cows are allowed
A.D. Rangarajan
KADAPA, January 12, 2021 22:23 IST
Updated: January 13, 2021 10:19 IST
Let alone entry, women are prohibited even from partaking the prasadam at the Hanuman shrine in Kadapa
The restrictions on entry of women into the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala and the controversies surrounding the tradition have been making headlines for years now. But not many know that a similar practice is in vogue in the little-known Hanuman shrine in Kadapa district .
The Sanjeevaraya Swamy temple at Thippayapalle in Pullampeta mandal is another ‘men-only’ shrine. By tradition, the men from the village perform the daily rituals and manage the temple affairs. Let alone entry into the temple premises, women are prohibited even from partaking the prasadam.
What folklore says
Since decades, the residents of the cattle-rich village have been eking out their living by selling milk and butter in the nearby towns. A popular folklore has it that a strange disease had broken out in the village, affecting the livestock. A sage had installed a huge boulder etched with sacred text (Beejaksharalu) in the village and asked the village to let the sick cows rub their bodies against it. As the suggestion worked wonders, the villagers got the boulder consecrated in a temple and the villagers have been worshipping the consecrated stone as Lord Hanuman since then. The cows are made to pass through the shrine.
Sankranti rituals
The temple gets abuzz during the Sankranti festival every year as only males from the village prepare ‘pongali’ and offer it to the Lord on the weekend ahead of the Sankranti. This year too, male members from the 70 houses in the village gathered at the shrine and prepared ‘pongali’ with rice, jaggery and pulses which was offered to the deity. The ‘prasadam’ was then distributed among the male members of the village.
“The residents of Thippayapalle make it a point to visit their village on this special occasion every year irrespective of the places they have settled down,” says B. Ramanatham, a resident of the village .
Another legend has it that the village was shifted from its previous place as Goddess Kothapuri Yellamma, the village deity, got irritated with the sound of the churning of milk.
Apart from keeping the traditions alive, the village elders say, the sprawling grazing fields abutting the Seshachalam forest is also a key to the impressive cattle wealth,
In the recent decades, the temple has got a welcome arch and a compound wall. However, the consecrated stone at the heart of the shrine remains the same with no barriers, where only only men and cows are allowed.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/a-temple-where-only-men-and-cows-are-allowed/article33561325.ece
Andhra Pradesh
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The male residents preparing ‘pongali’ at Sanjeevaraya Swamy temple at Thippayapalli in Pullampet mandal of Kadapa district.
A temple in Kadapa where only men and cows are allowed
A.D. Rangarajan
KADAPA, January 12, 2021 22:23 IST
Updated: January 13, 2021 10:19 IST
Let alone entry, women are prohibited even from partaking the prasadam at the Hanuman shrine in Kadapa
The restrictions on entry of women into the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala and the controversies surrounding the tradition have been making headlines for years now. But not many know that a similar practice is in vogue in the little-known Hanuman shrine in Kadapa district .
The Sanjeevaraya Swamy temple at Thippayapalle in Pullampeta mandal is another ‘men-only’ shrine. By tradition, the men from the village perform the daily rituals and manage the temple affairs. Let alone entry into the temple premises, women are prohibited even from partaking the prasadam.
What folklore says
Since decades, the residents of the cattle-rich village have been eking out their living by selling milk and butter in the nearby towns. A popular folklore has it that a strange disease had broken out in the village, affecting the livestock. A sage had installed a huge boulder etched with sacred text (Beejaksharalu) in the village and asked the village to let the sick cows rub their bodies against it. As the suggestion worked wonders, the villagers got the boulder consecrated in a temple and the villagers have been worshipping the consecrated stone as Lord Hanuman since then. The cows are made to pass through the shrine.
Sankranti rituals
The temple gets abuzz during the Sankranti festival every year as only males from the village prepare ‘pongali’ and offer it to the Lord on the weekend ahead of the Sankranti. This year too, male members from the 70 houses in the village gathered at the shrine and prepared ‘pongali’ with rice, jaggery and pulses which was offered to the deity. The ‘prasadam’ was then distributed among the male members of the village.
“The residents of Thippayapalle make it a point to visit their village on this special occasion every year irrespective of the places they have settled down,” says B. Ramanatham, a resident of the village .
Another legend has it that the village was shifted from its previous place as Goddess Kothapuri Yellamma, the village deity, got irritated with the sound of the churning of milk.
Apart from keeping the traditions alive, the village elders say, the sprawling grazing fields abutting the Seshachalam forest is also a key to the impressive cattle wealth,
In the recent decades, the temple has got a welcome arch and a compound wall. However, the consecrated stone at the heart of the shrine remains the same with no barriers, where only only men and cows are allowed.
Swaminathan Sankaran
Dec 4, 2021, 7:43:35 AM12/4/21
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A cruel, inhuman, shameful and misogynous practice, where cows are holier than women!
What would Bharathi say, if he were alive today!
Sankaran
Siva Siva
Dec 4, 2021, 8:22:04 AM12/4/21
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Interesting to see what makes news these days!
Thippayapalle has a total population of 3,025 peoples. There are about 775 houses in Thippayapalle village. Rajampet is nearest town to Thippayapalle which is approximately 15km away.
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday he believes the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on women becoming priests is forever and will never be changed, in some of his most definitive remarks on the issue.
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Swaminathan Sankaran
Dec 4, 2021, 8:35:05 AM12/4/21
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True. Just shows all (religious) news is NOT 'good news.'
Sankaran
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Siva Siva
Dec 4, 2021, 8:38:49 AM12/4/21
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Interesting non-news is that there was no agitation in Kerala or action by the Kerala government against the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church regarding this ban on women.
(If there was, I am not aware).
Swaminathan Sankaran
Dec 4, 2021, 12:21:30 PM12/4/21
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'Pox' on all regions, is what I think, and say!
(I know that I am in a minority of one in almost all gatherings and groups.
But that suits me fine.)
Sankaran
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