Court order delays rituals at Lord Krishna temple
Vijay Upadhyay
Agra. The dispute over dressing up Lord Krishna in contemporary attire at the Bihariji temple in Vrindavan is showing no signs of settling down. For the first time in recent history, Lord Krishna had to wait for two hours before he received his ritual bath, delayed due to an 'unclear' court order.
In a disturbing development on Tuesday, the devotees arriving at the temple to witness the early morning 'shringar' of Bihari Ji were shocked to see that the temple doors had not been opened till almost 10 a m, when the usual time for the Lord's shringar was 8 a m.
As it turned out later when the temple did open, the temple management was unclear over the court order suspending the temple priest Anand Kishore Goswami from the service as while Anand Kishore had been suspended during the pendency of a large part of his 42-day temple service, the court had not nominated any other priest from the temple roster to take over Anand Kishore's duties during his suspension from service. Besides, it was also not clear who would be preparing the photographic album of the daily ritualistic bathing and dressing of Lord Krishna.
Talking to The Pioneer, Girish Goswami, one of the temple priests said that it was due to the court order being unclear that the temple doors had to be kept shut and the Lord had to wait till almost 10 am to receive his ritualistic bath, let alone the 'shringar' that took another hour to be completed.
He said that only after a special messenger was sent to the court to get clear directions about the order, that the charge of bathing and dressing the lord could be handed over to Kamal Kishore Goswami, the elder brother of Anand Kishore, who also got the photographic album of the ritual prepared to be submitted before the court. According to Girish Goswami, Kamal Kishore shall now be in charge of the Lord's worship till further orders by the court.
Agra. The dispute over dressing up Lord Krishna in contemporary attire at the Bihariji temple in Vrindavan is showing no signs of settling down. For the first time in recent history, Lord Krishna had to wait for two hours before he received his ritual bath, delayed due to an 'unclear' court order.
In a disturbing development on Tuesday, the devotees arriving at the temple to witness the early morning 'shringar' of Bihari Ji were shocked to see that the temple doors had not been opened till almost 10 a m, when the usual time for the Lord's shringar was 8 a m.
As it turned out later when the temple did open, the temple management was unclear over the court order suspending the temple priest Anand Kishore Goswami from the service as while Anand Kishore had been suspended during the pendency of a large part of his 42-day temple service, the court had not nominated any other priest from the temple roster to take over Anand Kishore's duties during his suspension from service. Besides, it was also not clear who would be preparing the photographic album of the daily ritualistic bathing and dressing of Lord Krishna.
Talking to The Pioneer, Girish Goswami, one of the temple priests said that it was due to the court order being unclear that the temple doors had to be kept shut and the Lord had to wait till almost 10 am to receive his ritualistic bath, let alone the 'shringar' that took another hour to be completed.
He said that only after a special messenger was sent to the court to get clear directions about the order, that the charge of bathing and dressing the lord could be handed over to Kamal Kishore Goswami, the elder brother of Anand Kishore, who also got the photographic album of the ritual prepared to be submitted before the court. According to Girish Goswami, Kamal Kishore shall now be in charge of the Lord's worship till further orders by the court.
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