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  • Siva In Tamil Sangam Literature

    Siva In Tamil Sangam Literature

    The secularists have one to believe that Dravidian Couture was totally alien to Sanatana Dharma and was inimical to it:Tamils were a a barbaric race;Aryans were superior:there was Aryan Invasion.All these theories are debunked now.

    I have written extensively that Tamils were a part of Sanatan Dharma and vice versa;Tamil Kings admired Kings beyond Vindhyas and it was reciprocated.

    Krishna,Arjun married Pandyan Princesses.Krishna took part in Tamil Poets: Conclave at Madurai.

    To nail the nonsense that Sanatana Dharm and Tamil were enemies, I here below quote from Ancient Tamil Sangam Literature.

    It is worthy of note that Lord Siva referred to more in Ancient Tamil literature,Sangam literature and later works,though Siva is not directly referred to Vedas. His name is referred to in Sri Rudram and Chamaka,where Siva’s aspect Rudra is addressed.

    Siva means auspiciousness, Mangalam.

    Prominent reference comes in the Sri Rudra as ‘,Nama Shivaya cha,Sivadharaaya cha, and it is kept as a secret,Guhyam.

    Similarly in Tamil literature, especially Sangam Literature,Siva is referred to only through his Attributes,never directly.

    He is referred to as one who rides the Bull,Nandi,one whose Neck is blue,One who is red-hot….

    However the earlier Tamil grammar work does not seem to refer to Siva.

    This, despite the fact that Tamil is reported to have sprung from Lord Siva,along with Sanskrit.

    And another earlier work Agathiyam ,which is lost to us,was by Sage Agastya,who was a co-founder of Tamil.

    And the First Tamil Grammar book,which is lost,Irayanaar Agapporul was reported to have been by Lord Siva Himself!

    These curious facts make me wonder about the reasons as to why Siva is missing in Tholkappiyam.

    And another interesting fact is that Tamils have assigned one God each to one geographical landmass.

    These landmasses were five.

    Kurinji,Hill and surrounding areas- God-Cheyon, Murugan.

    Here Cheyon indicates Son,that is son of Siva.

    Mullai, Forest and adjoining areas,God-Mayon,Vishnu.

    Marutham,Arable land and adjoining Areas.God Indra.

    Neydhal,Ocean and adjoining areas,God Varuna.

    Paalai,Desert,God Kotravai.

    So the intriguing aspect is that despite calling Siva as Adi Yogi, meaning that he was the first one to practice and realize Brahman through Vaasi Yoga:Thirumandiram by Thirumoolar which is atleast three thousands year old refers to Siva;Vaasi Yoga was by Siva and Patanjali wrote his Yogasutras based on Vaasi Yoga.

    And Tamil mentions Siva as ‘பிறவா யாக்கைப் பெரியோன்’ The eldest,who is never born’

    கலித்தொகை

    இமையவில் வாங்கிய ஈர்ஞ்சடை யந்தணன்
    உமை யமர்ந் துயர்மலை இருந்தனனாக
    ஐயிரு தலையின் அரக்கர் கோமான்
    தொடிப்பொலி தடக்கையிற் கீழ்புகுத் தம்மலை
    எடுக்கல் செல்லாது உழப்பவன் போல……..

    (கலித்தொகை, 38) Kaliththogai 38

    (ஈர்ஞ்சடை = ஈரத்தை உடைய சடையினை உடைய, அந்தணன் = இங்குச் சிவன், அரக்கர் கோமான் = இராவணன், தொடி = ஓர் அணிகலன், பொலி = விளங்குகின்ற, உழப்பவன் = வருந்துபவன்).Siva is referred as the one who with his wet hair,along with Devi Uma pressed down Kailasa to crush Ravana when he tried lifting it.

    இமயமலையிடத்துப் பிறந்த மூங்கிலாகிய வில்லை வளைத்தவனும் ஆகிய ஈரத்தை உடைத்தாகிய சடையினை உடையவனும் ஆகிய இறைவன் இறைவியோடு பொருந்தி, உயர்ந்த கயிலைமலையில் இருந்தனன். அரக்கர்க்கு அரசனாகிய பத்துத் தலையை உடைய இராவணன் மலையை எடுப்பதற்குக் கையைக் கீழே செருகித் தொடிப்பொலிவு பெற்ற அத்தடக்கையினாலே அம்மலையை எடுக்க இயலாது வருந்திய நிலைபோல…..

    இங்குச் சிவனைப் பற்றிய குறிப்பும் இராவணன் கயிலாய மலையைத் தூக்க முயன்று முடியாமற் போனதும் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. (குறிஞ்சிக்கலி – 38)

    கலித்தொகையில் வேறொரு பாடலிலும் சிவனைக் குறிக்கும் முக்கண்ணான் என்ற சொல் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளது. அச்சொல் இடம்பெறும் பாடலைக் கீழே பார்க்கலாமா?

    தொடங்கற்கட் டோன்றிய முதியவன் முதலா
    அடங்காதார் மிடல்சாய அமரர் வந்திரத்தலின்
    மடங்கல்போற் சினைஇ மாயஞ்செய் அவுணரைக்
    கடந்தடு முன்பொடு முக்கண்ணான் மூவெயிலும்
    உடன்றக்கால் முகம்போல ஒண்கதிர் தெறுதலின்

    (கலித்தொகை, 2) Kaliththogai 2

    (தொடங்கற்கண் = உலகங்களைப் படைக்கக் கருதியபோது, முதியவன் = அயன், பிரம்மா; அடங்காதார் = அரக்கர், மிடல்சாய = வலிமை கெட, மடங்கல் = சிங்கம், சினை = கோபித்து, மூவெயில் = திரிபுரங்கள், மூன்று கோட்டைகள்)

    இதில் முக்கண்ணான் என்ற தொடர் இடம் பெறுகிறது. தேவர்களுக்காக அவுணர்களை அடக்க மூன்று புரங்களை எரித்த சிவனின் செயல்பாடு விரிவாகக் குறிக்கப்படுகிறது.Siva is referred to as the one with three Eyes who burnt three citites.

    • புறநானூறு(Puranaanuru 91)

    உண்டவரை நீண்ட நாள் வாழ்விக்கும் அரிய நெல்லிக்கனியை அதியமானிடமிருந்து பெற்ற ஒளவை அவனை வாழ்த்தும்போது,

    பால்புரை பிறைநுதல் பொலிந்த சென்னி
    நீலமணிமிடற் றொருவன் போல
    மன்னுக பெரும நீயே…..
    (புறம் :91)

    (மிடறு – கழுத்து)

    என்கிறார்.

    பால்போலும் பிறை நெற்றியில் பொருந்திப் பொலிந்த திருமுடியினையும் நீலமணி போலும் கரிய திருமிடற்றினையும் உடைய ஒருவனைப்போல (சிவனைப்போல) நிலைபெறுவாயாக என வாழ்த்துகிறார்.

    இங்கு, சிவன் அணிந்திருக்கும் பிறையும் அவனுடைய நீலமணிமிடறும் குறிப்பிடப்படுகின்றன.Siva is referred to as One with Blue Throat,and one with Crescent Moon.

    மற்றொரு புறப்பாட்டில் முழுமுதற் கடவுள் என்று பொருள்படும் முதுமுதல்வன் என்ற தொடர் கீழ்வரும் அடிகளில் இடம்பெறுகிறது.

    நன்றாய்ந்த நீணிமிர்சடை
    முது முதல்வன்.

    Here Siva is called as the First Cause with Straight Hairlocks.(Puranaanuru)
                                       

    (புறம் :166) (Puranaanuru 166)

    புறநானூறு கடவுள் வாழ்த்துப்பாடலில் கொன்றைப்பூ அணிந்த திருமார்பும், ஆனேறு (நந்தி) ஏறப்படும் வாகனமாகவும், கொடியாகவும் குறிக்கப்படுகின்றன. நஞ்சினது கறுப்பு, திருமிடற்றை அழகு செய்தது… ஒரு பக்கம் பெண்வடிவு ஆயிற்று என்று சிவனின் அடையாளங்களை விரிவாகப் பேசுகிறது. (புறம்: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து)ஏற்றுவலன் உரிய எரிமருள் அவிர்சடை
    மாற்றருங் கணிச்சி மணிமிடற்றோனும்

    என்று மற்றொரு புறநானூற்றுப்பாடல் (56) குறிக்கிறது.

    (எரிமரு = அழல்போலும், கணிச்சி = மழுப்படை, மணி = இங்கு நீலமணி, மிடறு = கழுத்து)

    அதாவது ஆனேற்றை வெற்றியாக உயர்த்த அழல்போலும் விளங்கிய சடையினையும் விலக்குதற்கு அரிய நீலமணிபோலும் திருமிடற்றை உடையோனும் என்று பொருள்படுகிறது.

    சிவனுடைய சடையும், அவன் கையில் தாங்கியிருக்கும் மழுப்படையும் நீலமணிமிடறும் இங்கு விளக்கம் பெறுகின்றன. கலித்தொகை (103) வாள் ஏந்தியவன் என்னும் பொருள்தரும் கணிச்சியோன் என்று குறிப்பிடுகிறது.

    ஐங்குறுநூறு கடவுள் வாழ்த்துப் பாடலில் ‘நீலமணி வாலிழை பாகத்து ஒருவன்’ என்று சிவனைக் குறிப்பிடுகிறது.

    இந்தக் கூற்றுகள் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவை. காத்தல் கடவுளாகிய சிவபெருமானே எல்லாவற்றையும் அழிக்கிறான் (எல்லாவுயிர்க்கும் ஏமமாகிய – புறநானூறு, கடவுள் வாழ்த்து) அழித்தபிறகு கொடு கொட்டி என்னும் கூத்தினை ஆடுகிறான் (கொடுகொட்டி ஆடுங்கால் ….. நுசுப்பினாள் கொண்ட சீர் தருவாளோ- கலித்தொகை, கடவுள் வாழ்த்து) (நுசுப்பினாள் = இடையை உடையவள், சீர் = தாளவகை) என்ற இந்தக் குறிப்புகள் – குறிப்பாக, காத்தலும் அழித்தலும் சிவபெருமானாலேயே நடைபெறுகின்றன என்னும் கருத்து – சிவபெருமான் படைத்தல், காத்தல், அழித்தல், மறைத்தல், அருளல் என்னும் ஐந்தொழில்களைச் செய்கிறான் என்ற சைவசித்தாந்தக் கருத்தைக் குறிப்பால் உணர்த்தும்.

    1.2.3 பத்துப்பாட்டு (Pathuppaattu 1,2,3)

    சங்க இலக்கியத்தின் மற்றொரு தொகுதி பத்துப்பாட்டு ஆகும். ஆற்றுப்படை நூல்கள் ஐந்தும் இதில் அடங்கும். காவிரிப்பூம்பட்டினத்தைச் சிறப்பிக்கும் பட்டினப்பாலையும் தமிழகத்துப் பூக்களைப் பற்றிக் கூறும் குறிஞ்சிப்பாட்டும், நிலையாமையைக் கூறும் மதுரைக்காஞ்சியும் பத்துப்பாட்டில் இடம் பெறுகின்றன. அகப்பொருள் நூலோ என்று கருதும் அளவுக்குச் சிறப்பாக உள்ள நெடுநல்வாடையும், தலைவி தலைவன் வருகைக்காகக் காத்திருக்கும் செய்தியைக் கூறும் முல்லைப்பாட்டும் இத்தொகுதியைச் சேர்ந்தவை. மக்கள் வாழ்க்கையை விரிவாகக் கூறும் இந்த நூல்களில் சிவனைப் பற்றிய குறிப்புகளும் இடம் பெறுகின்றன.
    நீலநாகம் நல்கிய கலிங்கம்
    ஆலமர் செல்வற் கமர்ந்தனன் கொடுத்த ….ஆய்
    (சிறுபாணாற்றுப்படை, 96-97) Sirupaanaatruppadai 96 and 97)

    (கலிங்கம் = ஆடை, ஆலமர் செல்வன் = சிவன், ஆய் = கடையெழு வள்ளல்களுள் ஒருவன்)

    இது, பாம்பு ஈன்று கொடுத்த ஒளிவிளங்கும் நீலநிறத்தை உடைய உடையினை, ஆலின் கீழிருந்த அமரர் இறைவனுக்கு நெஞ்சு பொருந்தி (மனம் விரும்பி) கொடுத்த ஆய் எனப் பொருள்படும்.

    மதுரைக் காஞ்சியில் சிவனின் பல சிறப்புகள் கூறப்படுகின்றன. ஆனால் சிவன் என்ற பெயர் காணப்படவில்லை.
    நீரு நிலனுந் தீயும் வளியு
    மாக விசும்போ டைந்துடனியற்றிய
    மழுவாள் நெடியோன் தலைவனாக
    (453-455)

    One who has created the Five elements with his Mazhu,Ax (Maduraik kaanchi 453-455)

    (வளி = காற்று, விசும்பு = ஆகாயம்)

    என்ற குறிப்பு வருகிறது.

    இதன் பொருள்: திக்குகளை உடைய ஆகாயத்துடனே நீரும் நிலனுமாகிய ஐந்தினையும் சேரப்படைத்த மழுவாகிய வாளை உடைய பெரியோனை ஏனையோரின் முதல்வனாகக் கொண்டு …. என்று கொள்ளலாம்.

    இவ்வாறெல்லாம் பத்துப்பாட்டில் சிவனைப் பற்றிய அடையாளங்களுக்கான குறிப்புகள் காணப்படுகின்றன.

    Reference and Citation http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p202/p2021/html/p202112.htm

  • Solar Lunar Dynasties Surya Chandra Vamsa From One Woman Ila, A Dravida

    There were two ancient dynasties in India.

    Other dynasties have sprung from the two.

    These two dynasties are,

    Surya Vamsa, the Solar Dynasty and

    Chandra Vamsa, the Lunar dynasty.

    Lord Rama belonged to Ikshvaku Dynasty which is the same as Surya Vamsa, Solar Dynasty.

    Pandavas and Kauravas belonged to Chandra Vamsa,Lunar Dynasty.

    When one tries to find out the origin of Man Genealogy, and the first pair , one gets stuck, either with Incest or the origin of one of the pair remaining with no visible parentage.

    I seek the indulgence of the readers for my vagueness in the foregoing sentence.

    This is to avoid that useless controversy.

    Those who can read between the lines would understand.

    Now to the point at hand.

    Ila with Budha, son of Moon,Chandra.image
    Ila with Budha, son of Moon,Chandra.

    If there were two dynasties, then who was the first one; how did the second dynasty come into play;how these two are related?

    Indian texts are clear on Cosmology and Genealogy, besides pther things.

    There are Eighteen Puranas and many Upa Puranas.

    Please read my post on list of Indian Texts.

    There may be minor variations in details among the Puranas, but all agree on essential major facts.

    Thus Genealogy and Cosmology descriptions, explanations do not have discrepancies among the Puranas.

    Thus under Genealogy, Puranas describe the dynasties and list the Kings.

    It may not be of place to mention that Cosmology and Genealogy are two of the characteristics laid down for a text to be qualified as Purana.

    Please read my article on Characteristics of Purana.

    The Firs human was Manu, He is called Vaivaswatha Manu for the present Time scale, Kali Yuga, which has a span of 4,32,000 years.

    He had one daughter and nine sons.
    Manu begot ten other children named Vena, Dhrishnu, Narishyan,Nabhaga, Ikshvaku, Karusha, Sharyati, the eighth, a daughter named Ila, Prishadhruthe ninth, and Nabhagarishta, the tenth. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shraddhadeva_Manu#Descendants )

    His son Ikshvaku was from the south of the Vindhya mountains, Dravida Desa.

    His kingdom was centered around Madagascar.

    When a Tsunami struck , Manu mediatated in a plateau near Madagascar.

    He left south with his sons for Ayodhya, where he founded the Solar Dynasty, called as Surya Vamsa.

    Manu had left his only daughter Ila in the South.

    She remained in the South,Dravida Desa.

    Her descendants ruled from the south.

    This dynasty is the Chandra Vamsa, Lunar Dynasty.

    The descendants of Ila and Ikshvaku are first cousins.

    In Hindu way of explaining relationships, children of aunt and uncle.

    Though both Ila and Ikshvaku belong to the Genealogy of Manu, the Dynasty is called Ikshvaku, Manu’s son.

    I shall write as to why.

    While the dynasty of Ikashvaku is called Solar, that of Ila is Lunar, Chandra Vamsa.

    Chandra Vamsa is named after Chandra, Moon.

    Ila was both a man and woman.

    ‘According to the Ramayana, when Ila approached Shiva for help, Shiva laughed with scorn but the compassionate Parvati reduced the curse and allowed Ila to switch genders every month. However, as a male he would not remember his life as a female and vice versa. While Ilā roamed the forest in her new form with her female attendants, Budha, the god of the planet Mercury and the son of the moon-god Chandra, noticed her. Although he had been practising asceticism, Ilā’s beauty caused him to fall in love with her at first sight. Budha turned Ilā’s attendants into Kimpurushas (hermaphrodite, lit. “is it a man?”)[10][14] and ordered them to run away, promising that they would find mates as Ilā had.

    Ilā married Budha and spent an entire month with him and consummated the marriage. However, Ilā woke one morning as Sudyumna and remembered nothing about the past month. Budha told Ila that his retinue had been killed in a rain of stones and convinced Ila to stay with him for a year. During each month she spent as a woman, Ilā had good time with Budha. During each month as a man, Ila turned to pious ways and performed austerities under the guidance of Budha. In the ninth month, Ilā gave birth to Pururavas, who grew to become the first king of the Lunar dynasty. Then, as per the advice of Budha and Ila’s father Kardama, Ila pleased Shiva with a horse sacrifice and Shiva restored Ila’s masculinity permanently.

    Another legend from the Vishnu Purana credits Vishnu of restoring Ilā’s manhood as Sudyumma. The Bhagavata Purana et al. texts tell that after Pururavas’s birth, the nine brothers of Ila – by horse sacrifice – or the sage Vasistha – the family priest of Ila – pleased Shiva to compel him to give the boon of alternate month manhood to Ila, turning him into a Kimpurusha.The Linga Purana and the Mahabharata record the birth of Pururavas, but do not narrate the end of Ila’s alternating gender condition. In fact, the Mahabharata describes Ilā to be the mother as well as the father of Pururavas.According to another account found in the Vayu Purana and the Brahmanda Purana, Ilā was born female, married Budha, then was transformed into a male called Sudyumna. Sudyumna was then cursed by Parvati and transformed once again into a female, but became a man once again through Shiva’s boon.

    In almost all versions of the tale, Ila wants to live as a man, but in the Skanda Purana, Ila desires to be a woman. The king Ela (Ila) entered Parvati’s grove at Sahya mountain and became the woman Ilā. Ilā wished to remain a woman and serve Parvati (Gauri) and Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges river. However, the goddesses dissuaded him. Ilā bathed in a sacred pool and returned as Ela, bearded and deep-voiced.’

    The Bhagavata Purana, the Devi-Bhagavata Purana and the Linga Purana declare that Ila ascended to heaven with both male and female anatomy.[18] Ila is considered the chief progenitor of the Lunar Dynasty through Pururavas and of the Solar Dynasty through his brother Iksavaku and sons Utkala, Gaya, and Vinatashva.[9][22] The marriage of Ilā, a descendant of the Sun, and Budha, the son of the Moon, is the first union of the solar and lunar races recorded in the scriptures.[11]

    Reference and citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ila_(Hinduism)

  • OM Indra’s Airavata In Thailand Flag Rama IV

    I have written on the presence of Sanatana Dharma in the South East,Far East, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam , Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

    Another piece of evidence that Sanatana Dharma was present in the South East is that the Secondary flag of the Thai King Rama IV, had the mount of Indra, Chief of Devas,Airavata , white elephant.

    The flag also had the Hindu sacred symbol OM.

    King Mongkut (Rama IV) felt the need to create a Royal standard to distinguish his royal barge from other vessels during his many travels around the Kingdom and to fly above the Grand Palace in Bangkok when he is in residence. In 1855 a Royal Standard was created called the ‘Thong Chom Klao’ (ธงจอมเกล้า

    However the sight of an empty flagpole when the King was not in residence at the palace was considered inauspicious, therefore a second flag was ordered to be hoisted during the King’s absence. This Flag is called the ‘Thong Airapot’ (ธงไอยราพต), the rectangular red flag depicts a mythical three-headed white elephant (Airavata) in full regalia standing on a golden base with a golden pavilion on its back. Within the pavilion is the Thai symbol for Aum or Unalom. The elephant is then flanked on two sides are two seven-tiered Royal Umbrellas.

    Reference and Citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Standard_of_Thailand#Fourth_reign

  • Ancient World Continents Description Maya Baskaracharya

    Ancient Indian texts describe world landmass.

    I have written on this and I have provided Link of one article.

    You may check the related articles in the article as well.

    Apart from the Puranas and Ithihasas Ramayana and Mahabharata, scientific treatises of an India describe these.

    Surya Siddhanta and Siddhanta Shiromani,mathematical treatises describe the ancient landmasses thus,

    Maya, the author of Surya Siddhanta, also mentions the four great cities situated on the opposite ends of the world, equidistant from one another. 1. Yamakotipura in Bhadrasvavarsa (Indonesia?) in the east, Lanka in Bharatvarsa (India) in the south and 3. Rome in Ketumalavarsa (Europe) in the west and Siddhapura in Kuruvarsa (America?) in the north.

    The celebrated astronomer Bhaskaracarya mentions the time difference between the important cities situated in different parts of the world in his Siddhanta Siromani(Goladhyaya) thus:

    “When the sun rises at Lanka, the time as at Yakakotipura to the east of Lanka, will be midday. Below the earth at Siddhapura, it will be twilight then, and at Romakadesa in Europe, the time will be midnight.”

    Description of Varsha , Continents.

    North Pole was at the exact center of Ilavrita Varsha. To the west of Ilavrita varsha was said to be Ketumula Varsha most of which is today under Atlantic Ocean. To the east of Ilvarita Varsha was Bhadrasva Varsha which is today under Pacific Ocean. On one side of the Ilavrita Varsha were Hari Varsha, Kimpurusha Varsha and Bharatha Varsha. On the other side of the Ilavrita Varsha were Ramyaka, Hiranyaka and Kuru Varsha. Kuru Varsha was hence on the opposite side of Bharatha Varsha on the globe’

    Nine Landmass Ancient world

  • Kerala Regressive Keralites Feudal Women Entry Sabarimala

    Entry of women to Sabarmala temple has been made an issue of women equality.

    In fact it is a question of following the religious practices of a religionin this case Hinduism.

    It is not a question of denying women their rights.

    Please read my article on this in detail here.

    Now this incident and the supreme court judgement allowing women entry to Sabarimala is being used to insult Keralites on their intelligence, literacy, their value systems.

    In an article, except is provided with Link is provided towards the close of this article., the article questions the fabric of Keralites’ Society.

    The thrust of the article rests on the following points.

    1.Kerala is a highly literate.

    2.It has a pariarchal system and its values are feudal.

    3. Despite high literacy rate, the State is regressive.

    The article goes on to add that Kerala is mired in superstition and blind belief.

    Those who know Kerala or Keralites can only laugh at this.

    1. Is it that literacy is incompatible with Faith and value systems?

    Probably the writer of the article is more learned than Max Planck, Einstein,Nicholas Tesla, Einstein, Issac Newton.

    2. Kerala is probably the only place where Mariarchical system was followed and is followed.

    Marumakka Thaayam is probably something the writer never heard of.

    Kerala ,Feudal?

    Please tour Kerala.

    Kerala,intolerant?

    A state that had 30,000 Hindus massacred by Tipu Sultan,still respects Muslims,

    Lord Ayyappa, Sabarimala goes to sleep daily only after Harivarasanam by Sri. Jesudoss,a practicing Christian

    I can add more.

    The writer of the article is N.P.Ashley.

    Even though a lot of people had reservations about the Supreme Court verdict which lifted the ban on women of menstrual ages from entering the Sabarimala temple, it was largely expected that, like the famous declaration of the Temple Entry Proclamation which allowed the lower caste groups temple entry in Kerala in 1936, women would just start going to the temple by and by. With all the claims of literacy, good healthcare system and the resultant general progressiveness of Kerala, it largely seemed like a reasonable expectation...

    Three aspects of Kerala society throw light on the typicality of the developments: one, Kerala is a hyper consumerist, middle class society in which party supporters behave like consumers with a sense of entitlement. Politicians are only capable of giving what these supporters like and want. This should explain how the state committees of national parties have decided to take a position contradicting their national leadership. Two, though Kerala somersaulted into a global economy in 1970s itself, its values are completely feudal: a huge house, marrying off a daughter in all pomp and glory, and strict allegiance to family, community or party are still cherished.

    The cocktail of feudal values and capitalist life-conditions provides the third aspect of the Kerala society: misogyny. Sabarimala is only one of the spaces in Kerala where women have no entry. Public spaces are largely inaccessible to unaccompanied women after nightfall, places of worship, festival venues and grounds are male homosocial havens, mass media and entertainment industries revolve around a handful of male icons, in many households women continue to belong to the kitchen and drawing rooms are still men’s, and lastly and most importantly, political and cultural discussions are held by men, of men and for men (even feminism is just another discussion topic for men!). In short, Kerala’s public sphere is saturated with male bodies and their understanding of the world.’

    Reference and citation.

    https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/why-sabarimala-is-surprising-even-kerala-and-why-it-is-an-opportunity-5443513/lite/