Respected Devotee,

My sincere compliments and thanks for putting things back in proper
perspective. I too have experienced similar situations, where, at one
stage, I have been given the "keys to the temple", and in the next, I am
simply another visitor in the crowd.

To me, it is a reflection of Sriman Narayana's svatantrIyam. It is He who is
the deciding factor in our temple experience, the archakas and other devotees
being simply instruments in His Good Actions. I believe that each devotee
learns a lesson from such experiences, and with it, is humbled into letting
go to the Wonder that He is.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
Mohan