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Elavoor Thookkam 2004

 

by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

1.

BACKGROUND

 

q Background and Relevance

q Need of the hour

q Viveka-instilling Crusade

 

2.

THOOKKAM SUBSTITUTED IN 1987

 

q      Plight of Hindu Society

q Not Protest but Public Awakening

q    Arrest unsettled Govt., weakened Thookkam fanatics

q    Thookkam abandoned, Poomootal in vogue

 

3.

ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE THOOKKAM IN 2004

 

q      Impermissible Resurgance

q     Lokasangraha, a clarion call

q     Paura Dharma Samity and Uranma Devasvam Board

q     Temple Advisory Committee defunct

 

4.

SCRIPTURES DO NOT SANCTION THOOKKAM

 

q Sanctity Wall demolished by Thookkam mongers

q    Chief Minister apprised of Atrocity

q    Crucial Tantri-Sanyasin Meet and Decisions

 

5.

VIVEKODAYA YATRA

 

q Stirring Vivekodaya Yatra

q Imparting Right Perspective

q    Importance and Sublimity of Temples

q    Instant Repentance

q    In Putthankavu Temple Front

q    Blowing Vivekodaya Conch

 

6.

RIGHTEOUS AND FIRM ACTIONS MET WITH ARRESTS

 

q Stop transgressions, Restore Purity

q    Exhaustion and Ecstasy

q    Government held solely Responsible

q    Words Cease, Action Begins

q    Temple Closed, Anarchy at its worst

q    Government Confused or indecisive

q    Wrongful arrest, safer path

 

7.

GOVT. REMINDED OF LOKASANGRAHA RESPONSIBILITY

 

q Administrative and religious anarchy

q    Lokasangraha, a dictate for Govt. too

q    Temple should not host anything controversial

q    Collector urged to redress anarchy or take over Temple

 

8.

TEMPLE FORTRESS DEVOTEES PREVENTED FROM WORSHIP

 

q     Akhanda Nama Japa forestalls all else

q     Government, Custodian of Hindu Dharma and Welfare

q     Higher Level Meetings and disillusionment

 

9.

THOOKKAM BANNED

 

q Thookkam Ban – Operation Elavoor

q     Where to move on 22nd April

q     Thookkam fanatics, challenge Law and Authority

 

10.

KURUKSHETRA WAR OF JUSTICE IN 2004

 

q Lawless Devotees make Temple battleground

q     Symptom of good governance

q     Kurukshetra-Elavoor link

 

11.

EPILOGUE

 

q     Epilogue

 

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