| Elavoor Thookkam
2004 |
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by
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
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BACKGROUND
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Background and Relevance
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Need of the hour
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Viveka-instilling
Crusade
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THOOKKAM
SUBSTITUTED IN 1987
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Plight of Hindu Society
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Not Protest but Public
Awakening
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Arrest unsettled Govt., weakened Thookkam fanatics
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Thookkam abandoned, Poomootal in vogue
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ATTEMPTS
TO REVIVE THOOKKAM IN 2004
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Impermissible Resurgance
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Lokasangraha, a clarion call
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Paura Dharma Samity and Uranma Devasvam Board
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Temple Advisory Committee defunct
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SCRIPTURES
DO NOT SANCTION THOOKKAM
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Sanctity Wall demolished by
Thookkam mongers
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Chief Minister apprised of Atrocity
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Crucial Tantri-Sanyasin Meet and Decisions
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VIVEKODAYA
YATRA
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Stirring Vivekodaya Yatra
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Imparting Right Perspective
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Importance and Sublimity of Temples
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Instant Repentance
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In Putthankavu Temple Front
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Blowing Vivekodaya Conch
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RIGHTEOUS
AND FIRM ACTIONS MET WITH ARRESTS
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Stop transgressions, Restore
Purity
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Exhaustion and Ecstasy
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Government held solely Responsible
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Words Cease, Action Begins
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Temple Closed, Anarchy at its worst
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Government Confused or indecisive
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Wrongful arrest, safer path
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GOVT.
REMINDED OF LOKASANGRAHA RESPONSIBILITY
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Administrative and religious
anarchy
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Lokasangraha, a dictate for Govt. too
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Temple should not host anything controversial
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Collector urged to redress anarchy or take over Temple
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TEMPLE
FORTRESS –
DEVOTEES PREVENTED FROM WORSHIP
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Akhanda
Nama Japa forestalls all else
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Government, Custodian of Hindu Dharma and Welfare
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Higher Level Meetings and disillusionment
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THOOKKAM
BANNED
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Thookkam Ban – Operation
Elavoor
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Where to move on 22nd April
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Thookkam fanatics, challenge Law and Authority
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KURUKSHETRA
WAR OF JUSTICE IN 2004
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Lawless Devotees make Temple
battleground
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Symptom of good governance
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Kurukshetra-Elavoor link
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EPILOGUE
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Epilogue
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