12-12-2006, 10:29 PM
<b>Dalits defy age-old ban, enter temple in Bhilwara </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhilwara, Dec 12: More than 400 Dalits together entered a temple in Bhilwara district's Suliya village peacefully on Tuesday, defying the age-old ban on their entry there, enforced by the influential <b>Gurjars</b>.
The Dalits were led by priest Bhopa Hazari Balai into the sanctum sanctorum of the Chamunda temple in Suliya village and offered prayers. Social activists Aruna Roy, Mamta Jaitely and others were present during the entry and expressed solidarity with dalits cause.
Dalits of Suliya village were supported by their brethren from Pali, Byavar, Jawaja village, Tilonia, Bhim and Rajsamand. Dalit victims of <b>upper caste atrocities </b>in Pali and other places were also present to support the cause.
The influential and majority Gurjars of the village had decided to oppose the Dalits' entry into the temple. The Dalits had decided on the entry plan at their meeting on November 18 under the banner of Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Abhiyan.
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Ban was created and enforced by OBC not by Brahmins.
In place of refering them just "upper caste" they should write OBC, why media is biased and creating confusion.
The Dalits were led by priest Bhopa Hazari Balai into the sanctum sanctorum of the Chamunda temple in Suliya village and offered prayers. Social activists Aruna Roy, Mamta Jaitely and others were present during the entry and expressed solidarity with dalits cause.
Dalits of Suliya village were supported by their brethren from Pali, Byavar, Jawaja village, Tilonia, Bhim and Rajsamand. Dalit victims of <b>upper caste atrocities </b>in Pali and other places were also present to support the cause.
The influential and majority Gurjars of the village had decided to oppose the Dalits' entry into the temple. The Dalits had decided on the entry plan at their meeting on November 18 under the banner of Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Abhiyan.
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Ban was created and enforced by OBC not by Brahmins.
In place of refering them just "upper caste" they should write OBC, why media is biased and creating confusion.