Tamil Nadu: 24 non-Brahmin archakars get job orders

泰米尔纳德邦：24名非婆罗门祭司获得任命

CHENNAI: After a long wait of more than a decade, Yoganathan, 32, of Theni district was thrilled. On Saturday he was given his job order by chief minister M K Stalin to be a priest in a temple managed by the state-run Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) department. He was among the 24 non-Brahmin, trained archakars or priests, including five dalits, appointed in HR & CE temples in the state. A woman 'odhuvar' (a scholar who sings Tamil devotional hymns) too was given an appointment order. This was to mark the 100th day of the DMK government and a pre-poll promise of the Dravidian party.

金奈：经过十多年的漫长等待，家住Theni区的32岁的Yoganathan兴奋不已。周六，首席部长M K Stalin给了他一份工作，让他在一家由国营印度宗教和慈善捐赠基金(HR & CE)部门管理的寺庙里当祭司。他是24名接受过培训的非婆罗门祭司之一，其中包括5名达利特，被任命在该邦 HR & CE 寺庙工作。一名女“odhuvar”(唱泰米尔虔诚赞美诗的学者)也被授予任命。这是为了纪念DMK政府成立100天，也是该德拉威党在选举前的承诺。

"I am excited to receive the appointment from the CM. It was a long struggle," said Yoganathan, who was appointed as priest in a temple in a village in Tirupur district. They were among the 200-odd trained non-Brahmin archakars, who completed a one-year 'junior Saiva archakar' course as per the agamas. The M Karunanidhi government had launched the course in 2007 in six temples in the state, aimed at permitting all Hindus to become priests, irrespective of their castes. The DMK regime could not appoint them in state-managed temples as the issue was caught in a legal tangle.

“我很高兴收到首席部长的任命。这是一场长期的斗争，”Yoganathan说，他被任命为Tirupur地区一个村庄寺庙的祭司。他们是200多名受过培训的非婆罗门祭司中的一员，按照规定，他们完成了为期一年的“初级祭司”课程。M Karunanidhi政府于2007年在该邦的6座寺庙开设了这一课程，目的是允许所有印度教徒成为牧师，不管他们是什么种姓。DMK政权无法将他们任命在国家管理的寺庙中，因为这个问题陷入了法律纠纷。

The trained archakars came together under the banner 'Tamil Nadu Government Archakars Association' to fight the legal battle, which ended in December 2015 following a Supreme Court order. Trained achakars, according to the verdict, can be appointed as per the agamas of respective temples. Several protests of the trained archakars demanding jobs from the HR & CE temples ended in vain.

培训过的祭司在“泰米尔纳德邦政府祭司协会”的旗帜下团结起来，打起了这场法律战，在最高法院的命令下，这场官司于2015年12月结束。根据判决，经过培训的祭司可以按照各自寺庙的规定任命。几次受训祭司要求进入HR & CE寺庙工作的抗议都以失败告终。

"To fulfill a dream of Periyar (E V Ramaamy), this government has implemented Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) government's order that allowed all Hindus to become priests," Stalin said, after handing over the appointment orders to as many as 174 people to various posts, including the 24 trained non-Brahmin archakars. HR & CE minister P K Sekar Babu has promised that the government would open the course to women, interested in becoming priests.

“为了实现peryar (E V Ramaamy)的梦想，这届政府已经执行了Kalaignar (Karunanidhi)政府的命令，允许所有印度教徒成为祭司，”Stalin说，他把任命命令传达给了174人，担任不同的职位，包括24名受过培训的非婆罗门祭司。HR & CE部长P K Sekar Babu承诺，政府将向有意成为祭司的女性开放课程。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Vignesh Ravi

Hindus must arise and protest anti Hindu forces trying to destroy Hinduism in the garb of inclusivity.

印度教徒必须站出来，抗议反印度教势力试图在包容的外衣下摧毁印度教。

KRISHNASWAMY VENKATASUBRAMANIAM

how is it,a man who said ,god does not exst,those who worship god are 'kattumirandi',could have a say in temple administration?

how long these fellows are going to keep cheating the public?

一个说神不存在的人怎么能在寺庙管理上有发言权?

这些家伙还要欺骗公众多久?

Vignesh Ravi

Obcs must unite to save Hinduism in Tamil Nadu. Hinduism will be murdered by these atheists in the name of reform. They are appointing preists with no knowledge of religion at all.

落后阶层必须团结起来拯救泰米尔纳德邦的印度教。印度教被这些无神论者以改革的名义谋杀。他们任命的祭司完全不懂宗教。

Arabind Kumar Jha

is TN government also involved in appointment of christion priest or Muslim moulvis if not why are they controlling hindu temples and religious activities. It feels like hindus are second class citizens in India. I am not against people from other caste becoming archaka but against government intervention in hindu religious institutions

泰米尔纳特政府是否也参与了基督牧师神职人员的任命，如果没有，为什么他们要控制印度教寺庙及其宗教活动。感觉印度教徒在印度是二等公民。我不反对其他种姓的人成为祭司，但反对政府干预印度教教宗教机构

Karthik K

Well done. Thousands of years of supression and inferiority shown to them needs such response. Well done CM.

做得很好。几千年的压抑和自卑感需要这样的回应。做得好，首席部长。

Pradeep Balaji

Most progressive step by TN Govt. Only if these caste barriers are broken, we can progress as a community to next level.

This means we are getting more civilized.

泰米尔纳德邦政府迈出了最进步的一步。只有打破种姓壁垒，我们才能作为一个社群进步到下一个水平。这意味着我们越来越文明了。

Guest

what this government has successfully achieved us to abandon the temples where this sacrilegious act has resulted in breathe tradition since no practicing Hindu would visit these temples.

这届印度政府成功地让我们放弃了寺庙，印度教徒不会去这些寺庙的。

Ravi Narayanan

Yet another attempt by the DMK, with blessings from Christian missionaries to meddle with Hinduism. Removing Brahmins makes it easy for DMK to mess with Hinduism. DMK needs caste divisions for its survival and it will never remove caste system as it claims.

DMK党的又一次尝试，试图干涉印度教，得到了基督教传教士的祝福。除去婆罗门，DMK很容易扰乱印度教。DMK需要种姓划分来生存，它永远不会像它声称的那样废除种姓制度。

RAVI RAMASWAMY

Every brahmin household is a temple.

每个婆罗门家庭都是一座寺庙。

Ash Gau

Who and what gave the right to these so-called rationalists who are a bunch of atheists and non believers to meddle with Hinduism when don't even believe in it?

是谁给了这些所谓的理性主义者权利？他们是一群无神论者，没有信仰，在根本不信印度教的情况下干涉印度教。

BALASUBRAMANIAN R

God Bless TN !!

天佑泰米尔纳德邦！

Vijayalakshmi Balasubramanian

A political gimmic. Atheists should not appoint archakaas. Non believers should not touch temples or its administration. What a hypocracy?

政治噱头。无神论者不该任命祭司。非信徒不应接触寺庙及其管理。太虚伪了

mseham

one has to wait and see whether same type of procedures will be adopted in the places of worship in other beliefs too.

其他宗教的礼拜场所是否也会采用同样的程序，还有待观察。

Geetha Mani

Appointing NON BRAHMINS as Priests is JUST A GIMMICK OF DMK, their UNDERLYING MESSAGE IS ANTI BRAHMIN- HATRED THAT WAS STARTED BY EVR AND HIS LIKES. British policy was divide and rule- NORTH - DIVISION ON RELIGIOUS BASIS.

任命非婆罗门为祭司只是DMK党的一个噱头，他们的潜在信息是反婆罗门。英国的政策是在宗教的基础上分而治之。

Pas Ravi

the atheists can construct government temple and appoint them in those temples. not in exsting temples. we can see how many people will go there!

无神论者可以建造寺庙，并把他们任命在这些寺庙中。不是现存的寺庙。我们可以看看有多少人会去这些寺庙!

Kempa

DMK accepts Hinduism, that is great news

Stalin and Kanimozhi the strong atheists  children of atheist father, have recognized Hinduism temples.

DMK党接受印度教，这是好消息

Stalin和Kanimozhi是强硬的无神论者，他们的父亲是无神论者，他们认可印度教的寺庙。

Mk

Big deal. Non Brahmins have been archakas for decades in amman temples. So why the tamasha now ?

没什么大不了的。非婆罗门已经在安曼的寺庙里做了几十年的祭司。

OrchidBala

Why target Hinduism alone. Are Islam & Christianity out of bounds for the govt. We didn't elect you Mr. Stalin to wipe out Hinduism. If you want to break casteism, then take on the Churches and Mosques too and I will accept your mission to remove casteism altogether...

为什么只针对印度教。ysl教和基督教是政府的禁区吗？

我们选你不是为了消灭印度教。如果你想要打破种姓制度，那就把教堂也拿下，我会接受你的任务，完全消除种姓制度……

HariHara Mahesh

Is the present people who are preists in temple are brahmins. They are Adi saivas called sivacharyas they are recruits from non brahmins only to safe guard the temple.

目前寺庙里的祭司都是婆罗门吗？他们是Adi saivas，称为sivacharyas，他们是从非婆罗门中招募的，只是为了保卫寺庙。

Sheik Mohamed

We are grateful to this goodwill gesture of TN' CM which ended monopoly of only those who belongs to a particular upper caste people who were specifically recruited for this purpose.

我们感谢泰米尔纳德邦首席部长的善意姿态，结束了特定高种姓的垄断。

Avudainayagam Shunmugam sundaram

Great achievement.

伟大的成就