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Controversy shrouds Kerala's famed Guruvayur temple where non-Hindus are barred from entry. The purification ceremony conducted recently after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi's son visited the temple has snowballed into a conflict between those upholding tradition and those who seek change.

Interviews
• 'In Guruvayur the focus should be Sri Krishna'
• 'If I get a complaint I will take appropriate action'
• 'Personally, a temple should be open to all who believe'
• 'I don't make the rules at Guruvayur'
• 'Why don't they bring a law to allow everyone into a temple?'
• 'It is Brahminical arrogance'

Specials
• 'Couldn't Ravikrishna have clarified before entering the temple?'
• 'Once you let government meddle, you set a precedent'
• Avoidable temple row in God's own country
• At famous temple: Buddhists OK, other faiths no

Column
• Why Guruvayur is different
• Of God and Holy Water

External Links
• A K Gopalan: From Satygrahi To Revolutionary
• The Guruvayur Satyagraha

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June 11, 2007

Temple purification another form of discrimination: Kerala CM

June 4, 2007

Purification an insult to nation: Kerala CM

May 28, 2007

Debate rages on allowing non-Hindus in temples
Govt cannot decide in matters of faith: Ravi
Debate rages on allowing non-Hindus in temples

May 20, 2007

Vayalar Ravi upset over temple purification


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