Guruvayur temple non-issue.

'I don't make the rules at Guruvayur' - Guruvayur temple head priest Chennas Raman Namboodiripad

Please go through the above link. In that, the tantri gives one of the most elegant interviews I have read all my life. He justifies his action with an exquisitely beautiful argument.

The following is from the mantri, Vayalar Ravi.

Q:The tantri has since clarified that the punyaham was conducted only because Ravikrishna, as the son of a Christian lady, is not a Hindu by birth.

A: By what right does anyone say he is not a Hindu? His school certificate proclaims him a Hindu, his passport says he is a Hindu -- what authority has the priest to overrule the Government of India, which issued the passport?

What a contrast between a tantri who knows his duty and his limits, and a mantri, a politician who knows no limits to his power!