Forgive me,vithobha

Dear vithobha,

Please accept this humble prayer of forgiveness from a sincere devotee. my sincerity does not stem from hundred parikramas on an empty stomach, nor am I capable of reaching your temple overnight. I am also not great enough to have a vision of you in my dreams, but that does not undermine my devotion for you. Mine is of the heart. So please hear me out.

I have come across people who are hallucinating about you, who are having delusions of grandeur, who think they are the best ...people who are double faced, people who are making a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage, people who are justifying murder, people who are arrogant, people who lie right under our very nose,and above all, people who have used your name in justifying their actions,not once ,but many times over,...i know this is kaliyug and things will get worse, but i feel vey sad that over the last six months i have unwittingly been a part of all this. By keeping mum and not voicing my objections earlier on, I have indirectly encouraged them to commit more sins. We did try, but now I think ,it was a little too late. They had already gotten too over confident and had decided not to turn back ,by that time. Please forgive me, god and give me the strength never to commit a sin like this ever again.

There are many others like me ,out there , who are also grieving for this sin...please forgive them too. I know this is asking too much of you, but could you not do something and try to settle scores for these bad deeds soon? It is this concept of paying for our misdeeds in the next birth that gives them confidence to go on...if a little bit of instant justice is dispensed, it will at least put a temporary brake on their actions,curtailing them and renew our faith in you.

With deepest remorse,

A repenting devotee

Ps...this is in jest...no tweeting, no bashing. If you do not want to forgive or be forgiven, just carry on!!!