Funniest Thing I Have Seen

You might have heard about Udipi. I know, it is famous because of Udipi hotels. Most of the people might not be knowing that, Udipi is holy place. Udipi Krishna temple is very beautiful temple.

When you enter this temple, you find people peeping through a hole to see Krishna. Name of that hole is "Kanakana Kindi". Story goes like this. You might have heard about Dasa Saahitya. If you know Karnatic Music then obviously you will know about Dasa Saahitya, through Keerthanes. Kanakadas was a shepherd. His original name was Timmappa but he became disciple of lord Krishna and changed his name as Kanakdas.

There are so many stories about his devotion. Once he came to Udipi but he was not allowed to enter temple as he belonged to lower caste. He was standing behind the temple and start singing devotional songs. Pooja was going on in the temple when suddenly the statue of lord Krishna turned back and a hole was created in the backside wall from which Kanakdas can see the lord. That's the story behind Kanakana kindi.

Now you may ask me, what is the funniest thig about this! Is it that I don't believe this? No. It might have happened because I believe in god.

In udipi they do "Annadana". Means you get food in temple. Temple food will be very tasty. When you enter the temple and finish pooja, if you ask someone which is the way to dining hall, first question they will ask you is "Which caste you belong to?"

Poor Lord Krishna, he took so much trouble, turned back, created a hole in the temple to show that devotion is important but not caste. But even today in Udipi while serving food, caste discrimination is there.

I was just thinking, what will happen today if god appear in front of people and say that "leave caste based discrimination". think, think.............................

I will tell you.

The place where god appears there one temple will be constructed and every year on the date when god appeared, a big pooja will be performed, to which thousands of people come from different parts of world. And obviously it is a holy place, where in god himself was standing, so people will start arguing about which caste people are allowed to enter the temple.