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Tag: Sabarimala Ayyappa

  • 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/

  • Sabarimala Set Fire To Idol Disfigured Suppressed CBI Report 1950 PDF

    History consists of suppression of facts as well.

    Thanks to digitalisation and internet,it is no longer possible to suppress information.

    

    Thanks to this technology, I have been able to ferret out real history of India.

    Now there is an imbroglio about Sabarimala,with people,citing equality are attempting to break the Hindu temple traditions.

    Iyappa, Sabarimala.image

    Lord Ayyappa, Sabarimala Temple

    The impasse continues.

    There is a move to have the temple away from the Tantris who are traditional priests of Sabarimala Dharma Sastha for years,by inventing a lie that Iyyapa was born in a Hill tribe and that the temple was usurped by the Temple Tantris and Pandala Kings!

    In this heat, people are not aware that the Sabarimala Temple was set fire to and the Idol was disfigured.

    It was in May/June 1950.

    The investigation was carried out by Sri. Keshava Menon,DIG, Special Branch CID.

    He submitted his report, which runs to 38 pages.

    The report was never tabled in the Legislature nor any one arrested.

    Download/read below.

    The Report can be viewed ,downloaded
    at http://firstministry.kerala.gov.in/2017/03/29/reports/

    Sabarimala Arson Report by CBI pdf

    The Story.

    ‘

    Sabarimala Temple Arson Case: Enquiry Report was the report of the investigation of the same case conducted by Shri. K. Kesava Menon, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Special Branch, C.I.D. (On Special Duty). This report is significant for multiple reasons. Firstly, this report completely unravels the players who are actually involved in this issue.

    Secondly this report extensively covers the “sentiments� of a certain community and proves that the most important reason for this temple arson was religious fanaticism. Thirdly had this report been studied and lessons learnt, Hindus could have avoided the ignominy of the “Nilakkal Agitation episode� This is because this enquiry report categorically narrates this strange episode in detail –

    “There is another back ground, which if viewed with the facts and the incidents mentioned above, will lend support to the possibility of an organised plan to destroy the Sabarimala shrine. In the month of Makaram, according to Ouseph, he followed a party of muthalalies consisting of Karimbanal Kochukunhu muthalali, Jnellamitthath Kuttiachan, Podimittom Verghese, Karipparambil Devassya, Vadakkepparambil thomman and Pottamkulam Thomas, who left Erumeli in a Jeep and went to Kalaketti from where they went to Kollamuzhi by walk and halted. They directed the coolies to go into the forests and hunt. Then the muthalalies and himself went to Nilakkal in search of a church which they believed to be existing at Nilakkal. Though a search was made, they did not find any remnants of a church, but they saw only remnants of two or three temples.

    It is surprising that at this period of the history of Travancore these muthalalies are searching for a church on the route to Sabarimala. It may be that either they want to establish by some evidence the existence of a church there or to renovate it or they are in search of a suitable place for building a church. Anyway the desire for a church near the Sabarimala orthodox route seems to have been deeply rooted in their mind as otherwise there was no necessity for all these muthalalies to join on this business. This it can be seen that since some time, the Christians have begun to deel the increasing number of low caste Hindus visiting the Sabarimala temple in ecstasy and devotion, which in all probability they would have thought if not checked would inevitably result in a check to the growing process of conversion of low caste Hindus to Christianity.’

    Reference and citation.

    https://haindavakeralam.com/sabarimala-temple-arson-case-2-hk9574