Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chief priest A. V. Ramana Deekshitulu and other priests called on Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday, following their reinstatement.
The priests presented Lord Venkateswara Swamy’s prasadam (consecrated food) to Reddy and thanked him for reinstating 15 hereditary priests associated with the temples under the TTD.
The priests are associated with the Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy temple, Tirupati Govindaraja Swamy temple and Thiruchanur Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple.
The reinstatements come as a consequence of Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment in December 2018, acting on the writ petitions filed by the priests after the TTD board retired all priests above 65 years of age.
Many senior priests were forcibly retired back in May 2018 during the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) rule.
Though the Court ordered immediate reinstatement, it did not happen.
Before coming to power, Reddy promised that he would reinstate the fired priests which happened now.
దేవుడికి కాదు సిలువ ఋణం తిర్చుకుంటున్న పూజారులు. చచ్చాక డైరెక్ట్ గా నరకానికి పోతారు వచ్చే జన్మలో పందులు గా పుడతారు. ప్రారబ్దం అంతే.
I am all in for praying god’s and following their sacred paths.
But I just don’t get these priests demanding the jobs as if they are reserved only for a single community.
They only can make offerings to god and no one else.
How fair is this.
This is main reason why hindu community is getting backwards.
Prior to 20 years back they used to not allow low caste people into village temples and even now it is happening on some places.
So. They denied these guys to pray to god properly. And now when some other religious people come and mention that our God will hear your prayers , they are moving on quickly as they are not getting respect from the Hindu community.
This is the major reason why SC and ST caste people get converted more than others and this is a hard reality.
This guy loses his job , and goes to media as if it’s his birth right and complaints about pink diamonds which is no where to be found . And his own TTD has a court case going on him
And he comes back as if nothing happened and thanks another politician for getting this back.
Weird world we live in