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‘Parivattam’, the ineffable cloth tied astir the caput arsenic a awesome of honour, has go the caller crushed for the ongoing contention betwixt the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) spot committee Chairman B.R. Naidu and his predecessor Bhumana Karunakar Reddy.
Dubbing the ‘Parivattam’ arsenic a ineffable cloth tied lone astatine Tirumala temple and not anyplace outside, Mr. Karunakar Reddy faulted the Chairman for sending Veda pundits to honour the Additional Executive Officer Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary with a ‘Parivattam’ connected the juncture of his deceased father’s ‘Peddakarma’ — the 13th time ritual station funeral.
While calling it a ‘sacrilegious act’, Mr. Karunakar Reddy besides frowned astatine the ‘unheard’ signifier of tying the ineffable cloth during the mourning period.
However, TTD spot committee subordinate G. Bhanuprakash Reddy rubbished the allegation and called it an unwarranted charge. “Tying Parivattam arsenic portion of extending the temple honours is simply a communal enactment during specified rituals and it is not unholy oregon against the tenets of Agama (doctrine of temple worship),” helium said.
Recalling that a akin honour was extended to the TTD’s past Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy, erstwhile his lad passed distant successful 2022, Mr. Bhanuprakash Reddy wondered wherefore Mr. Karunakar Reddy had not questioned the aforesaid then.
“Rather than acting arsenic TTD’s erstwhile Chairman, helium is behaving much similar a YSRCP leader, picking holes and raking up unnecessary controversies,” Mr. Bhanuprakash Reddy added.
Coimbatore temple
Meanwhile, Mr. Karunakar Reddy besides faulted the TTD for giving its motion to the connection to conception Sri Venkateswara temple successful a disputed backstage existent property task coming up connected a 900-acre tract successful Coimbatore territory successful Tamil Nadu.
Indicating that the upcoming gathering of the TTD spot committee is each acceptable to springiness its motion to the proposal, Mr. Karunakar Reddy accused the authorities of yielding to the unit exerted by the Chief Minister’s bureau connected the issue.
