Christian Subversion And Missionary Activities - 6

[Bharatvarsh2]

*WHEN MEMORIES OF AMARNATH AND SETU POPPED UP IN A TAMILNADU TOWN*



Erode (Tamilnadu) May 31–



The Friday (May 28) Bandh at Erode was unique. It was "total and without any

untoward instance", as the media reported the next day. The Bandh call was

given by no political party or organisation, but by a struggle group

'Movement for Retrieving Periya Mariyamman Temple Land', comprising devotees

of a Kali temple centrally located in the bustling commercial town. The

town being the birth place of E V Ramaswamy Naicker who ran a bitter anti

god campaign for over 6 decades across the state, wore a deserted look that

day, indicating the total solidarity of the town for devotees' demands. Over

120 outfits of traders and workers as well as Hindu organisations expressed

solidarity for the bandh call. It was natural that even the tea shops downed

their shutters as did the multi crore mega malls -- all to augment the cause

of a Hindu temple.



The demands of the Movement include retrieval of more than 15 acres of

temple land that Church of South India (CSI) possesses illegally. During

British Raj it was snatched from Hindus and handed over to London Mission,

that became CSI later on. The temple itself was relocated to a roadside to

accommodate CSI school and hospital. As if to add insult to injury, the

highways department last week started work on a flyover running above the

centuries old temple. The devotees were "enraged" as a media report goes.

They were afraid of the wrath of Mariyamman and arranged for the

mahabhishekham for the Divine mother on the Bandh day. Over 1,500 woman

devotees brought pots of milk as well as water in a procession that

culminated in a public meeting in front of the temple. Speaking on the

occasion, Shri. E.R.M Chandrasekar, convener of the Movement and saha jilla

sanghchalak of RSS, asked the government to see reason and stop forthwith

the flyover project. Eventually it stopped - with the men and machines at

work absenting themselves the next day onwards. "It reminds me of the fate

of the Setu samudram project", quipped a trader. "Rather the Amarnath Temple

Movement", said another.



The expert opinion is that instead of the Rs 19 crore flyover, the

government would do well to ask the CSI to vacate the temple land that would

pave the way for an unfinished 80 feet road to be completed at the cost of

a few lakhs to ease traffic snarls. Moreover, the flyover (via the temple)

was not at all needed there, but elsewhere in the town - near the Govt

Hospital junction - because the traffic is much heavier there.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hinducivil...sage/46195

I have a direct account of this bandh.. In tamilnadu, the mariamman is held in

highest accord by the people, even more than the shiva and vishnu.. this is

because the mariamman temple has rich participation from women rather than men..

Infact, every amman/devi temple in south india is the temple of the women, but

poojas done by bandarams..



Coming to the Erode maariamman temple, the protest was NOT that much easy.. The

Hindu Munnani wanted to organise the protest under its banner, but a group of

youths persuaded them not to do that foolish act.. rather, they invited publics

along with the hindu outfits, created a common forum under the name "Mariamman

Nilam Meetpu peravai" ( Forum for retreival of mariamman temple land), which

insulated this movement from the Hindutva brand..



The team under the new banner, distributed notices to all the public people who

depend on the temple, and to their surprise, all shops and all auto drivers

offered their full co-operation and support.. the public has the anger in them

on the CSI occupying temple land, but so far there was no one to channelise this

public resent.. Infact, the team went to chennai to trace the old records from

the gazette, and found that the land occupied by CSI was indeed a public land

belonging to the temple..



Some learnings from this successful protest are:



1. The hindu groups should learn to be objective enough and purpose oriented.

Instead of forcefully holding to an identity, we should be dynamic enough to

reinvent ourselves under different brands.. This is what the communists often

successfully do..



2. The Hindu outfits have to stop thinking themselves as the saviour of Hindu

community.. This attitude developed because part of the ideology of the RSS are

from the catholic church, as evident in the manner RSS is operating now.

instead of asking everyone to attend the shakas, the organisation should first

understand the diversities of the hindu society, and cater to the localised

needs and issues..

For example, i can challenge, any pracharak posted in tamilnadu, will not have

any idea about the region, nor the social links needed to operate effectively..

Mostly pracharak will not be posted in their native area, and are transferred

every three years.. i dont understand this logic..



3. For any social issues we take on, we have to first grasp the mood of the

people, and connect with them in order to lead them to protest. A typical case

is that few years before, when christians and muslims are given exclusive

reservation from BC quota, the hindu munnani and hindu makkal katchi organised

protest, without the participation of any of the BC communities. I could see

only high pitched emotional slogans, which will get nothing out of this street

protests...



4. I have to point you out, that the youths who organised this protest are all

once swayam sevaks, but now dis-illusioned by the way RSS functions. Now they

dont used to attend shakas, nor they participate in any RSS meetings, because

they feel they are waste of time..



Regards



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