Tirupati, June 20 -- Former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Chairman Bhumana Karunakara Reddy said that great harm has been done at the famous hill shrine Tirumala temple by an arrogant official trying to stall the rendering of Vedic hymns by pundits.
Speaking to media here on Friday, Karunakara alleged that Vedic scholars whose main vocation is to recite Vedic hymns were being discouraged by an official of TTD and they were being insulted and the Sanathana Dharma is under threat because of authorities at Tirumala temple.
"The age-old tradition of rendering Vedic hymns is being punctured by the official who told that reciting the short form of the hymns can be sloganeer instead of the long hymns which is difficult for the people to understa...