#Dravidian Brahmins

[ramanan50]

How To Make Fun of Brahmins in Public Demo by Tamil Nadu Ex CM

I had been to Delhi recently to attend the marriage of my friend’s daughter. He lives in NOIDA. He is a family friend. The marriage was well attended with dignitaries from Delhi,UP,Bengal, Punjab and other states including from Maharashtra. They were under the impression that Karunanidhi was a gentleman, learned scholar and a man who was/ is really secular,unlike others, wl respected Hinduism…

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#Anti Brahmin #Brahmin baiting #DK insults Brahmins #DMK and Brahmins #Dravidian Brahmins #Karunanidhi Brahmin hatred

[meluhha]

Brahmin supremacy

Social hierarchy: The Brahmins established a social hierarchy in which they occupied the topmost position, giving them immense power and control over other communities and perpetuating systems of oppression.

Caste system: Brahmins created and maintained the caste system, which divided society into rigid hierarchies based on birth. This system reinforced Brahmin dominance and enabled them to control the resources and opportunities available to different groups.

Caste-based violence: The Brahmins perpetuated violence against lower caste communities, particularly Dalits, through the caste system, which allowed for institutionalized discrimination and violence.

Marriage practices: The Brahmins established strict rules around marriage and family structures, which helped to perpetuate their social and economic power.

Religious monopoly: Brahmins claimed a monopoly over religious knowledge and practice, which allowed them to control and manipulate the spiritual lives of others. This further reinforced their social and political power.

Religious hegemony: The Brahmins established themselves as the custodians of religious knowledge and texts, giving them significant influence over religious practices and beliefs across South Asia.

Cultural appropriation: The Brahmins appropriated and assimilated elements of indigenous cultures and traditions, erasing the contributions of other communities and further consolidating their power.

Intellectual property: The Brahmins often appropriated the knowledge and intellectual property of other communities, erasing their contributions and further consolidating their own power and influence.

Education: The Brahmins monopolized education, particularly in the pre-colonial period, creating a system that privileged their knowledge and excluded other communities from accessing educational opportunities.

Education: Brahmins controlled access to education and knowledge, which further reinforced their social and economic dominance. They monopolized education and ensured that only members of their own caste could become scholars, priests, and teachers.

Land ownership: Brahmins acquired vast amounts of land through various means, such as gifts from kings or temples, and used their wealth and power to further consolidate their control over society.

Land ownership: The Brahmins, particularly in colonial times, acquired large tracts of land, often through exploitative means, consolidating their economic and political power.

Language and literature: The Brahmins established Sanskrit as the language of knowledge and literature, excluding other languages and literary traditions from the mainstream.

Language dominance: Brahmins promoted the use of Sanskrit, which was the language of the elite and the language of many Hindu religious texts. This gave them further linguistic dominance and helped to consolidate their cultural and political power.

Political influence: The Brahmins have played a significant role in shaping political structures and institutions across South Asia, often to their own advantage.

Systematic exclusion of lower castes from religious and social institutions

Appropriation of land and resources from indigenous communities

Imposition of Sanskrit as the language of power and knowledge, leading to the neglect and suppression of other regional languages and cultures

Establishment of a rigid caste system, with Brahmins at the top and other castes relegated to lower social status and economic opportunities

Monopolization of education and intellectual discourse, leading to the suppression of dissenting voices and alternative knowledge systems

Co-optation of indigenous spiritual practices and beliefs, leading to the marginalization and erasure of non-Brahmin religious traditions

Control over political power and governance through the Brahminization of the state

Promulgation of patriarchal norms and practices, leading to the subjugation and exploitation of women and other gender minorities

Promotion of vegetarianism as a moral and ethical ideal, leading to the marginalization and stigmatization of non-vegetarian communities

Use of violence and coercion to maintain Brahmin hegemony and suppress dissenting voices and movements

Creation of a cultural hegemony that has influenced and shaped the social, political, and economic structures of South Asia for centuries

Control over the production and dissemination of knowledge, leading to the suppression of alternative epistemologies and worldviews

Consolidation of economic power through the control of trade networks and commercial enterprises

Implementation of discriminatory and oppressive laws and practices against lower castes and non-Brahmin communities

Maintenance of a system of inherited privilege and power that has perpetuated Brahmin domination across generations

Control over religious and cultural practices, leading to the erasure and marginalization of non-Brahmin traditions and beliefs

Construction of a narrative of Brahmin superiority and moral authority, leading to the internalization of caste-based discrimination and oppression by non-Brahmin communities

Establishment of a culture of fear and intimidation, leading to the suppression of dissenting voices and the perpetuation of Brahmin hegemony

Appropriation and commercialization of cultural artifacts and practices, leading to the exploitation and erasure of indigenous communities and traditions

Creation of a caste-based system of labor and economic exploitation, leading to the marginalization and impoverishment of lower castes and non-Brahmin communities.

#brahmin #hindu #hinduism #hindutva #india #jai hind #south asia #religion #brahmin supremacy #brahminization #meluhha #indus valley #dalit #bahujan #tamil #dravidian

[kambakht-dil]

Doesn't matter if you are a right wined or left winged individual, everyone should watch this documentary atleast once. Leave your biases behind for 1.5 hrs and listen to what this guy has to say.

Absolutely amazing work with proper citations and all

You hate brahmins? watch this! Love brahmins and think they did nothing wrong? watch this!

Hate Manusmriti and wanna burn the shit out of it? watch the video

Think that caste discrimination was started by British/Mughals? Watch the damn video

Believe in Aryan invasion theory? Think the north Indians started the north-south divide or wanna know how the term Dravidians came to life? Watch the fucking video

i'll even tag some blogs so this can reach a wider audience

@drowning-in-ichor @rhysaka @mrityuloknative @mizutaama @magic-coffee

#desiblr #desi #hindublr #i really urge my mutuals to give this documentary some time of their day

[metamatar]

unrebloggable personal rant post

I used to be a bit of a crybaby when I was a kid. I accept it. When anyone was mad at me the waterworks would instinctively start like I couldn't take anyone reaming me out bravely. My parents consistently accused me of crying crocodile tears, till the age of 8. That was around when I was being bullied by kids expressing their parents tamil brahmin supremacist politics on the nearest non tamil they could find bc indian private schools are like that (as a real indian socialist I def had a dravidian phase Mr. Freud explain this.) I don't remember when it started, but it stopped around then because I think my parents figured I was genuinely distressed. I wrote my first suicide note when I was in second grade as a bit of that'll show them fantasizing, but usually I was obedient and well mannered and frankly obsessive about getting good grades. My mother found a diary I wrote after reading Anne Frank in fourth grade and commented on how critically she was depicted once. I burned the diary and have not journalled succesfully since. I think compared to my teenage yrs it was mostly idyllic bc my parents never struggled to provide me meals or their version of love. Their is a very popular story in india from the buddhist panchtantra about a crocodile who eats monkey hearts that I heard basically a lot at storytime, bc like I said, I was loved. My dad loved it since the crocodile was so clever. I'm sure I probably asked for it. I loved Steve Irwin, because I loved watching nature channels as a kid. I would watch crocodile wrangling all day.

I couldn't do it then, but I can cry on demand now, and I still cry when someone's really lighting into me aggressively but nobody except bosses or parents do that in the real world. But nobody thinks I'm sensitive or affected by things bc I simply do not know when or how I simply turned into an ice block to cope with being a person instead. #LowEmpathySwag. I could've been different but I resent the opportunity to have never ever found out. And I smile at people and fake a laugh all the time to be polite, and I get annoyed and mad enough that people can read it on my face but I am always the last person to know and despite that everyone I keeps telling me I'm cold!!! And I'll never forgive them for this. I have to keep retelling this story to myself so I don't forget that I have the right to be angry about it.

#im sorry im still fixated on the crocodile tears thing i process my feelings very slowly like on the timescale of years #their was a 1 year lagtime on breakup #3 year lagtime on experiencing suicidal depression #misery posting

[o-craven-canto]

Words borrowed from other languages in English

Very incomplete list, based mostly on The Languages of the World (3rd ed.), Kenneth Katzner, 2002 + a heavy use of Wiktionary. some notes:

Many of these words have passed through multiple languages on their way to English (e.g. Persian -> Arabic -> Spanish -> French -> English); in that case I usually list them under the first language that used them in the same acception as English.

I generally don't include words whose ancestors already existed in Middle English, unless their origin was exotic enough to be interesting.

The vast majority of borrowings are terms very specific to their culture of origin; I generally only include those that are either very well known amng English-speakers, or of general use outside that culture.

INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY (West and South Eurasia)

Hellenic Greek: angel, chronometer, democracy, encyclopedia, geography, graphic, hieroglyphic, homogeneous, hydraulic, meter, microscope, monarchy, philosophy, phobia, photography, telephone, and way too many other scientific or technical terms to count

Germanic Afrikaans: aardvark, apartheid, fynbos, rooibos, springbok, trek, veld, wildebeest Danish: Lego, simper Dutch: brandy, bumpkin, coleslaw, cookie, deck, dock, dollar, landscape, freight, furlough, maelstrom, noodle, Santa Claus, waffle, walrus, yacht German: aurochs, bildungsroman, blitzkrieg, cobalt, dachsund, eigenvector, ersatz, gestalt, hamburger, hinterland, kindergarten, kohlrabi, lager, poodle, quark, sauerkraut, wanderlust, yodel, zeitgeist Icelandic: eider, geyser Norwegian: auk, fjord, krill, lemming, narwhal, slalom, troll Swedish: lek, mink, ombudsman, rutabaga, smorgasbord, tungsten Yiddish: bupkis, chutzpah, kvetch, putz, schlemiel, schmaltz, schmooze, schtick, spiel, tchotchke

Slavic Czech: robot Russian: fedora, glasnost, intelligentsia, kefir, mammoth, pogrom, samizdat, steppe, sputnik, troika, tsar, vodka Serbo-Croat: cravat, paprika

Celtic [many of these words are shared between the two languages] Irish: bog, galore, gaol, geas, glen, orrery, shamrock, slob, whiskey Scottish Gaelic: bard, bunny, cairn, clan, loch, ptarmigan, ?scone, slogan

Italic-Romance †Latin: [way too many] French: [way too many] Italian: allegro, aria, balcony, bandit, bravo, calamari, casino, chiaroscuro, crescendo, contrapposto, fresco, gazette, ghetto, gusto, inferno, lava, mafia, malaria, pants, quarantine, tempo, umbrella, vendetta, volcano Portuguese: baroque, brocade, cachalot, cobra, creole, flamingo, petunia, pimento, zebra Spanish: abalone, armadillo, bolas, bonanza, canyon, cargo, chupacabra, cigar, cilantro, embargo, gaucho, guerrilla, junta, manta, mesa, mosquito, mustang, patio, pueblo, rodeo, siesta, tornado, vanilla

Iranian Persian: bazaar, caravan, checkmate, chess, crimson, dervish, divan, jackal, jasmine, khaki, kiosk, lemon, lilac, musk, orange, pajama, paradise, satrap, shawl, taffeta

Indo-Aryan †Sanskrit: brahmin, Buddha, chakra, guru, karma, mantra, opal, swastika, yoga Bengali: dinghy, jute, nabob Hindi: bandana, bungalow, cheetah, chintz, chutney, coolie, cot, dungaree, juggernaut, lacquer, loot, rajah, pundit, shampoo, tom-tom, thug, veranda Marathi: mongoose Romani: hanky-panky, pal, shiv Sinhalese: anaconda, beriberi, serendipity, tourmaline

DRAVIDIAN FAMILY (Southern India)

Kannada: bamboo Malayalam: atoll, calico, copra, jackfruit, mahogany, mango, pagoda, teak Tamil: curry, mulligatawny, pariah Telugu: bandicoot

URALIC FAMILY (Northern Eurasia)

Finnic Finnish: sauna Saami: tundra

Samoyedic Nenets: parka

Ugric Hungarian: biro, coach, goulash, hussar, puszta, tokay

VASCONIC FAMILY (Northern Pirenees)

Basque: chaparral, chimichurri, silhouette

TURKIC FAMILY (Central Eurasia)

†Old Turkic: cossack, yurt Tatar: ?stramonium Turkish: baklava, balaclava, bergamot, caftan, caviar, harem, janissary, kebab, kismet, minaret, pastrami, sherbet, tulip, yoghurt Yakut: taiga

MONGOLIC FAMILY (Mongolia and surrounding areas)

Mongol: horde, khan, ?valerian

SINO-TIBETAN FAMILY (China and Southeast Asia)

Tibeto-Burman Tibetan: lama, panda, tulpa, yak, yeti

Sinitic [Chinese languages closely related, not always clear from which a borrowing comes] Hokkien: ?ketchup, sampan, tea Mandarin: chi, dao, dazibao, gung-ho, kaolin, oolong, shaolin, shanghai, yin-yang Min Nan: nunchaku Yue (Cantonese): chop suey, dim sum, kowtow, kumquat, lychee, shar-pei, ?typhoon, wok

TUNGUSIC FAMILY (Eastern Siberia)

Evenki: pika, shaman

KOREANIC FAMILY (Koreas)

Korean: bulgogi, chaebol, hantavirus, kimchi, taekwondo

JAPONIC FAMILY (Japan)

Japanese: banzai, bonsai, dojo, emoji, geisha, ginkgo, hikikomori, honcho, ikebana, kamikaze, karaoke, koi, kudzu, manga, origami, pachinko, rickshaw, sake, samurai, sensei, soy, sushi, tofu, tsunami, tycoon, zen

AUSTRONESIAN FAMILY (maritime Southeast Asia and Oceania)

Western Malayan Javanese: ?junk [ship] Malay: amok, cockatoo, compound [building], cootie, durian, kapok, orangutan, paddy, pangolin, rattan, sarong

Barito Malagasy: raffia

Phlippinic Cebuano: dugong Ilocano: yo-yo Tagalog: boondocks

Oceanic Hawai'ian: aloha, hula, luau, poi, wiki Maori: kauri, kiwi, mana, weta Marshallese: bikini Tahitian: pareo, tattoo Tongan: taboo

TRANS-NEW GUINEAN FAMILY (New Guinea)

Fore: kuru

PAMA-NYUNGAN FAMILY (Australia)

Dharug: boomerang, corroboree, dingo, koala, wallaby, wobbegong, wombat, woomera Guugu Yimithirr: kangaroo, quoll Nyungar: dunnart, gidgee, quokka Pitjantjatjara: Uluru Wathaurong: bunyip Wiradjuri: kookaburra Yagara: dilly bag

AFRO-ASIATIC FAMILY (North Africa and Near East)

Coptic: adobe

Berber Tachelhit: argan

Semitic †Punic: Africa Arabic: albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alfalfa, algebra, alkali, amber, arsenal, assassin, candy, coffee, cotton, elixir, gazebo, gazelle, ghoul, giraffe, hashish, harem, magazine, mattress, monsoon, sofa, sugar, sultan, syrup, tabby, tariff, zenith, zero Hebrew: amen, behemoth, cabal, cherub, hallelujah, kibbutz, kosher, manna, myrrh, rabbi, sabbath, Satan, seraph, shibboleth

NIGER-CONGO FAMILY (Subsaharan Africa)

unknown: cola, gorilla, tango

Senegambian Wolof: banana, fonio, ?hip, ?jigger [parasite], karite, ?jive, yam

Gur-Adamawa Ngbandi: Ebola

Kwa Ewe: voodoo

Volta-Niger Igbo: okra Yoruba: gelee [headgear], mambo, oba, orisha

Cross River Ibibio: calypso

Bantu Lingala: basenji Kikongo: ?chimpanzee, ?macaque, ?zombie Kimbundu: ?banjo, Candomblé, gumbo, macumba, tanga Swahili: askari, Jenga, kwanzaa, safari Xhosa: Ubuntu Zulu: impala, mamba, vuvuzela

KHOE-KWADI FAMILY (Southwest Africa)

Khoekhoe (Hottentot): gnu, kudu, quagga

ESKIMO-ALEUT FAMILY (Arctic America)

Greenlandic Inuit: igloo, kayak Inuktikut: nunatak

ALGIC FAMILY (Eastern Canada and northeast USA)

†Proto-Algonquin: moccasin, opossum, skunk Cree: muskeg, pemmican Mikmaq: caribou, toboggan Montagnais: husky Narragansett: ?powwow, sachem Ojibwe: chipmunk, totem, wendigo, woodchuck Powhatan: persimmon, raccoon

SALISHAN FAMILY (Pacific coast at the USA-Canada border)

Chehalis: chinook Halkomelem: sasquatch Lushootseed: geoduck

IROQUOIAN FAMILY (Eastern North America)

Cherokee: sequoia

SIOUAN FAMILY (Central USA)

Lakota: teepee

MUSKOGEAN FAMILY (Southeast USA)

Choctaw: bayou

UTO-AZTECAN FAMILY (Southwest USA and north Mexico)

Nahuatl: atlatl, avocado, chili, cocoa, coyote, chocolate, guacamole, hoazin, mesquite, ocelot, quetzal, tamale, tegu, tomato O'odham (Pima): jojoba Shoshone: chuckwalla Yaqui: ?saguaro

MAYAN FAMILY (Southern Mexico and Guatemala)

Yucatec Maya: cenote, Chicxulub

ARAWAKAN FAMILY (Caribbeans and South America)

†Taino: barbecue, cannibal, canoe, cassava, cay, guava, hammock, hurricane, iguana, maize, manatee, mangrove, maroon, potato, savanna, tobacco Arawak: papaya

CARIBAN FAMILY (Caribbean coast of South America)

unknown: curare Galibi Carib: caiman, chigger, pawpaw, peccary, yucca

QUECHUAN FAMILY (Andes)

Quechua: ?Andes, caoutchouc, coca, condor, guano, llama, mate, poncho, puma, quinine, vicuna

AYMARAN FAMILY (Andes)

Aymara: alpaca, chinchilla

TUPIAN FAMILY (Brazil)

[borrowings are often shared between these two languages] †Old Tupi: ananas, arowana, Cayenne [pepper], jaguar, manioc, piranha, tapioca Guarani: cougar, maracuja, Paraguay, petunia, toucan

CREOLE LANGUAGES (worldwide, mixed origin)

English-derived Chinese Pidgin English: chopstick, long time no see, pidgin, taipan Jamaican Creole: dreadlocks, reggae

Chinook-derived Chinook Jargon: potlatch

EDIT 08-01-24: added lots more examples, especially African, Asian, and North American languages. Still not done. EDIT 17-01-24: finished adding examples, more or less. EDIT: 18-02-24: apparently not (cheetah). EDIT: 20-05-24: nope (mosquito)

#languages #history #how beauteous mankind is #feel free to add more

[akhzi]

THE SUBALTERN VOICES OF INDIA

Many of us ,truly are convinced that we have completely secured a hold on the ferocious atrocities and centuries longing discrimination against the Dalit community, but the truth is ,the Dalit community were ostracized and are being ostracized till date. Most of us aren’t even made aware of the atrocities which took place years back. During the phase of pre independent India , though there were formidable and meticulous pieces of literature , most of them were written by non Dalit authors. It was only during the nationalist movement that we’ve witnessed some authentic Dalit works. When India was getting close of being liberated after its prolonged period under colonial rule, some of the greatest ever Dalit works were produced in India, for our Telugu speaking states , the infamous “Gurram Joshua” with his outstanding work ”Gabillam” , and throughout the whole Dravidian territories we had the much more celebrated author and leader “EV Ramaswamy Periyar”. People don’t realize Ramaswamy’s influence and power in upholding the rights of Dalits .A man who passed away almost 40 years back , yet his ideas are evidently subsisting among the Tamil population who refuse to vote for Hindutva positioned parties , all because the Periyar movement is still instilled in their living. Most of the dalit literature focuses on the way we think even right now, which is problematic but also extremely normalized. In the book “KARUKKU”, bamma talks opposing the present belief of how one shouldn’t look down on the physical labour, she also talks about this physical labour slowly turning into incessant labour for the Dalit communities as their access to other lots of work gets occluded. Babytai, in her book “ the prisons we broke” recollects an unnerving tale of how Mahar women were forced to carry the feces of newly wed Brahmin women as Hindu custom required the Brahmin women not to leave the house even for the purposes of defecation during this period to ward off evils and because of the Hindu custom being averse to the idea of building toilets inside homes for the purposes of sanctity and purity of the household. It is deplorable and despicable for India , for sheltering this practise this long. Though the Sc and St atrocities act was enacted in 1989, the viciously planned Tsundur massacre which took place in 1991 is an utter disgrace to the state and also exposes the lack of concern for efficiently shielding the vulnerable communities. We do see and think India is well progressed to have a Dalit woman as its president but the constant fear of Dalit communities in competing with the upper caste groups at the grass root levels still remain unheeded.

#dalit #dalitliterature tsundurmassacre

[gaystcr]

it’s interesting being tamil and observing desi discourse or even the desire for ‘desi representation’ in the west bc my tamil identity has always been more influential to my personal development than my identity as an indian (or even south asian). my understanding and connection with my people is formed by the dravidian movement, by the eezha tamil struggle, by my own experience as a non-brahmin tamil … which is why i think it was so difficult to adjust to the broad definition of desi culture once i arrived in the west

#this is just a thought dump pls don’t rb 🙏🏾 #(without asking) #yes of course sometimes i adopt the moniker desi but that’s more to communicate w ppl who are racialised in a similar way as me in the west #even then i dislike it #my point is that i always wondered why i’m not as interested in desi rep and ig this is why #rahul.txt

[flash-fresh]

Women entering temples as priests in TN under Dravidian model, says Tamil Nadu CM

They will be undergoing one-year training in different temples soon.

CHENNAI: Three women graduates, who are in their mid-20s and successfully completed their archaka course in the training centre run by the Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple in Srirangam are ready to take up the job of archakas. They will be undergoing one-year training in different temples soon. Interestingly, the Archaka Training Centre in Srirangam has drawn 11 more women students this year, and other centres in the state may draw more women students in due course.

N Ranjitha (25) of Vellamathagu Koradacheri in Tiruvarur district, S Ramya (23), and C Krishnaveni (23) of Mel Adhanur village in Cuddalore district received the course completion certificate from HR &CE Minister PK Sekarbabu on Wednesday.

While Ranjitha is a B.Sc (visual communication) graduate, Ramya is a M.Sc (maths) graduate. Krishnaveni holds a graduate degree in mathematics. Though there are women priests in certain village temples and other places already, women who have completed a proper course on priesthood entering the sanctum sanctorum of HR and CE temples is a significant development.

N Ranjitha (25) told TNIE that during the one-year course, they were taught Pancharatra Agama, Naalaayira Divya Prabhandam, Nitya Anusandanam, how to perform ‘homams’ and other information on worship in temples. “The training we will be undergoing in the coming months will make us completely able to perform rituals on our own,” she exuded confidence.

Ranjitha said she is expected to get her training in Mannargudi Rajagopalaswamy Temple after September 20 while Krishnaveni requested the department that she be given training in Perambalur Manada Gopalaswamy Temple. Ramya wishes to get trained in a nearby temple. They were told that after one year of training if there were vacancies in those temples, they would be appointed as assistant priests. Otherwise, they would get appointments in other temples.

One of them belongs to the Pallar community while two belong to the Valluvar community. They are not worried about the income and just want to earn ‘punyam’ by serving the Lord. Hailing the three women who will be entering the sanctum sanctorum of temples, Chief Minister MK Stalin, in a message on X (formerly Twitter), said, “As our Dravidian Model government has removed the thorn from Thanthai Periyar’s heart by appointing people of all castes as priests, women are also stepping into sanctums, bringing a new era of inclusivity and equality.”

Stalin also said that despite women’s achievements as pilots and astronauts, they were barred from the sacred role of temple priests, deemed impure, even in temples for female deities. “But change is finally here!” he added. DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi congratulated the three women.

“The voice of these three women from where they were denied entry, will turn a new chapter in the social justice history of the state. I thank the chief minister and HR&CE Minister who made this possible.”

38 archakas & 8 women Othuvars appointed

DHARMAPURI: The DMK government has appointed 38 people as archakas from all castes and eight women as ‘Othuvars’, HRCE Minister PK Sekarbabu said on Thursday. Addressing reporters after conducting inspections in temples in Salem and Dharmapuri, he said, “

Recently 94 priests completed their training from 20 priest training schools. Among them are three women archakas and four othurvars. In Tamil Nadu, people can become temple priests irrespective of their caste. So far, 38 non-Brahmins have been appointed in temples as priests.”

“Since the DMK came to power, over 1,044 temples have been consecrated. 90% of the renovation works of the 850-year-old Salem Kottai Mariamman Thirukovil, which began in 2016 at the cost of `4.35 crore, is completed,” he added.

The minister further stated that the state government has so far surveyed over 1.50 lakh acres of HR&CE land belonging to various temples and marked their boundaries with stones. In the last two years, properties worth Rs 5,213 crore belonging to HR&CE have been recovered, he added.

#Women priests #Dravidian model

[selvem1karthik]

Sanathana dharma has survived and flourished

Udhayanidhi Stalin Calling for Eradication of Sanatanam 👇🏻

His mother visits Sanathanam temples, but he has different belief, does he want to hurt his mother’s beliefs?

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Certainly caste & all discrimination, exploitation (prevalent all over the medieval WORLD before INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION) should be abolished from Indian society.   But we should not burn OUR HOUSE because of nuisance from some rats

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https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/robert-caldwell-wrong-and-untrue-analysis-and-dravidian-caste-politics-tamil-mzg528/

“Robert Caldwell wrote A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian family of languages. He identified south Indian Brahmins with Indo-Europeans, which was partly based on HIS  belief that the Indo-Europeans had "higher mental gifts and higher capacity for civilisation".  Caldwell asserted that the low-caste Chanar were not merely Tamil speakers but an "indigenous Dravidian" people, distinct ethnically &, most critically for him, religiously, from their high-caste oppressors, whom he referred to as "Brahmanical Aryans" (in this case "Aryan" as an ethnic signifier for foreign and "Brahmanical" to signify the "Hinduism" of the high-caste).

These WILDLY SPECULATIVE. claims, well outside the scope of linguistics, were intended "to develop a history which asserted that the indigenous Dravidians had been subdued and colonized by the Brahmanical Aryans".

Tamil Language has almost ALL alphabets common with most Indian languages.

Most of other Indian women wear Saree like Tamil women.

From Assam to Kashmir people of India worship Shiva, Vishnu& Shakthi

Brahmins &most North Indians worship all the Gods in temples of Tamilnadu. Crores of North Indians Visit Tamil temples. Tamil Nadu has most number of spritual tourists in India.

There is diversity & differences in Indian culture, but Tamils have lots in common with rest of India

Robert Caldwell started creating differences between Tamils & other Indians, he sowed the seeds of division/ hate

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Hatred against other states being propagated by some regional chauvinists 👇🏻

https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/robert-caldwell-wrong-and-untrue-analysis-and-dravidian-caste-politics-tamil-mzg528/

👇🏻📸 Watch this video on Facebook https://fb.watch/mPU8iQYxVI/?mibextid=ifW6Jt

An extremist like PazhaniBaba talks about Murugan, but the practical truth is many North Indians worship Murugan /  Karthikeyan 👇🏻

The objective of such extremist  is to divide Indians. 

See around you , how many people from other beliefs respect  ancient Tamil Gods?  One %?

many of other faiths call Indian culture as  Pagans, Kafirs?   No mutual respect.

How many take foreign money to convert poor people? Or to indulge in violent War

We should love our language, culture & faith.

We should not give up one love for other love, we should not love one & hate  other

We should not indulge in hate & violence against other peaceful neighbors. Social, political, community leaders should try to suggest middle path & SOLVE PROBLEMS, they should not too much highlight the differences & hate diverse thoughts. They should not stress that one community alone has life-death issues & other social groups are not important

Africa, South America & Australia lost its free sprit & culture, now they follow European culture.

Japan Korea China have their own culture, they don’t fight too many wars.    But Africans  & South American have violent armed rebels & mafia,  they not progressing because they have lost their culture & brotherhood

How Portuguese and other European conquerers made thousands of Indians, Africans, Brazilians as slaves (to SUPPRESS them as bonded LABOUR &  stress racial and cultural superiority)👇🏻

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"although slavery was a worldwide institution for thousands of years, nowhere in the world was slavery a controversial issue prior to the 18th century. People of every race and color were enslaved – and enslaved others.

White people were still being bought and sold as slaves in the Ottoman Empire, decades after American blacks were freed.

Everyone hated the idea of being a slave but few had any qualms about enslaving others. Slavery was just not an issue, not even among intellectuals, much less among political leaders, until the 18th century – and then it was an issue only in Western civilization."

Only after INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION in Europe people in there started UNIVERSAL EDUCATION so that they get EDUCATED / SKILLED LABOUR . Before that most societies in the world kept the poor uneducated and socially backward

Slavery exploitation is an evil which has been prevalent from ancient times in most of the societies

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Jews have literature / documents to show how they were enslaved by Egyptians and Babylonians

Slavery, Exploitation very prevalent evil of most societies in ancient times.  The purpose  appears to  ensure people of certain races/ classes are  kept as BONDED LABOUR from birth 👇🏻

Clearly caste-JATI system followed in India was an In-human behaviour of exploitation and suppression of people for using them as Labour.   

Now  It is the duty of more rich and PRIVILEGED to help poor and socially vulnerable people and ensure mutual respect and equality in society. 

The ancient concept of all “VARNA” was misused to create unjust division of labour, the fact that varna only means human behaviour pattern - WITHOUT ANY LINK TO CASTE OR FAMILY OF BIRTH  was misinterpreted and the fact that  “ All varnas lead to me (Krishna)” was suppressed .  Four children of same parents can follow the behaviour pattern of four different varnas, appeared to be the ancient concept of varna. Which was misused as family based varnas during the period when slavery started to be followed in other parts of the world

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👇🏻https://www.thejc.com/news/features/jews-and-slavery-the-myths-and-the-truth-1.501677?reloadTime=1670976000011

#Sanathana dharma #Youtube

[adarsh-910]

Gond Art: History, Elements and Stories

'Gond' comes from the Dravidian word 'kind,' which means 'green mountain.' Gond painting is a famous folk art form of the Gond tribal community of central India. It is a form of painting from the folk and tribal art of one of the largest tribes in India - the Gonds - who are mainly from Madhya Pradesh but can also be found in pockets of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha., The history of the Gond people is about 1400 years old. Mixed with a mix of mystery, patterns, colors and humor, these artworks reflect a modern psyche.

Elements of Gond Art

The untrained eye may confuse Gond art with Madhubani painting, Mithila distinct characteristics. The paintings use vibrant colors such as orange, yellow, blue and red and are made with artistically drawn lines and dots to bring them to life. Natural colors from various sources, like flowers, stones etc., are used to create these beautiful paintings.

Over the years, Gond artists have developed their own tools for working with various contemporary mediums and materials. They would first plot the points and calculate the volume of the images. These points will be connected to bring up an outer shape, which will then be filled with colors. Everything that comes to life is aesthetically transformed as they react to the immediate social situation and environment. The images are tattoos or minimalist human and animal forms which include chameleons, butterflies, elephants, cows, lions, fish, peacocks and other birds.

Though Gond paintings are centuries old, with time, this art form has gradually shifted from the mud walls of houses to canvas and paper. Apart from drawing inspiration from legends and myths, these paintings featured nature as their main subject. However, this painting style has other well-depicted subjects, including Hindu deities (especially Ganesha), the Tree of Life, and jungle scenes. With various motifs and design patterns, these paintings have attracted the attention of many people, including those from India, France, the UK and the US.

Stories and Symbolism in Gond Art

"Trees are of great importance in Gond art. For humans and animals alike – for animals and birds, trees are most important – to protect them from the sun in summer and rain during the monsoon season. Trees also provide nutrition and food," says artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam.

The Ganja Mahua Tree tells the story of a Brahmin (high caste) girl and a Chamar (low caste) boy - when they fell in love, society did not accept them. So he renounced everything, went to the forest, and was later reborn as Ganja and Mahua trees. That's why it is said that Ganja and Mahua should not be consumed together because they can never be together.

Saja Tree: The Saja tree is worshiped by the Bada Dev (Elder God) and the Gond community.

Pakri tree: When new leaves bloom from this tree, the Gond community eats the greens made from these leaves, protecting them from many diseases and ailments.

Peepal Tree: The Peepal tree is where the deities (gods) reside, and thus, the Peepal tree is considered the most important.

Tamarind Tree: Tamarind tree also plays an important role for the tribal people as they use tamarind fruit for chutney and sell it for their livelihood. Many people of the Gond community set up platforms for the gods and goddesses under the trees.

Music in Gond communities

In the past, Gond artists were responsible for orally passing down the Gond kings' traditions through songs and instruments called 'Bana.'

They would invoke Lord Bada Dev on the saja tree by playing the flute and recording the genealogy of the Gond patrons in song. In return, they were given gifts of grain, clothing and perhaps even cattle or gold.

Similarities between Gond art and tribal art?

"Gond is similar to tribal art because tribals have their own stories as we do about creation, and they also make dashes and dots. Tribal art and Gond art have their connection because we are originally from the same continent of Gondwana from when there were only two continents, Gondwana and Laurasia. India and Australia came from Gondwana, and America came from Laurasia.

The performances, dances, rituals, and drinks they serve are similar to ours. Their surname is Marawi, while ours is Marawi. I spoke on the topic 'You are my brother, in you I found myself' at Monash University in Melbourne and the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane." Gond master artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam said.

Paints are usually derived naturally from charcoal, colored clay, plant sap, clay, flowers, leaves and even cow dung. That said, due to the lack of natural dyes, Gond artists have started using poster colors and canvas to paint.

The Gond painting resembles the Aboriginal art of Australia as dots are used in both styles to create the painting. There are different types of dots in both art forms. For tribal art, the points symbolize the field and dreams, while with Gond art, the shamans believe that particles of their bodies spread out into space to connect with spirits and create other bodies. It is an ancestral, poetic vision of the atom, joining the infinitely small into the infinitely large.

#canvas #acrylics #paintings #gondart

[meluhha]

A-BRAHM vs BRAHM-A

The first mention of Abram is in the Book of Genesis (11:26) of the Hebrew bible.

The first mention of Brahma is in the hymn 10.121 (a later Mandala of the Rig Vedas) also known as the Nasadiya Sukta, which is believed to describe the origin of the universe.

#abraham #abram #abrahamic #brahmic #brahmi #brahma #brahaman #brahaminism #brahminization #hindu #indu #indus valley #meluhha #melakam #dravidian #tamil #jew #jewish #judaesm #judaism #ancient history #ancient civlizations #religion #patriarch #patriarchy #men #book of genesis #vedas #vedic #vedism

[5sided-thinker]

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy better known as Periyar was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement. He is known as the ‘Father of the Dravidian movement’. He rebelled against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu.

He questioned the subjugation of non-Brahmins as Brahmins enjoyed gifts and donations from non-Brahmins but opposed and discriminated against non-Brahmins in cultural and religious matters.

[sembulapeyalneerpol]

why do ppl act like other South Indian/tamil ucs aren’t just as bad as the brahmins

power and capital, i think its easy to lay blame solely on brahmins (not that we dont let our foot off their necks  though) but caste violence and brahminism still requires other oppressor caste active participation and especially as we look at how caste and capital interact. the self respect and dravidian movement made strides in addressing caste, but still has a long way to go and that from this movement nonbrahmin castes like gounders have benefited greatly and still requires active struggle to continue the path of caste annihilation. Grace Banu along with other activists have done important work around reservations for trans people and how caste, class, gender and sexuality intersect. i recommend following her. The counting caste conference also had some really great insight and analysis on this as well. Why I am not a Hindu by Kancha Iliah is definitely another great read.

I recommend reading Brahmin and Non-Brahmin:Genealogies of Tamil Political Present by M.S.S. Pandian. It really delves into the history and development of brahmin vs non brahmin in the region and its role in tn politics. This section particularly in the end summarizes where we are now as it relates to casteism and tamil nadu

Ironically, the language of polar identities, Brahmin and non-Brahmin, also by its very presence as the naturalized language of politics in the region, blocks the emergence of other inferior identities. This is exactly why emergent Dalit critiques of non-Brahmin identity are important and of political urgency. In a sense, non-Brahmin hegemony today bears a close resemblance to the ‘Brahminism’ it has replaced, which is why it is important for its dominance to be the subject of scrutiny and critique.

#answered #Anonymous #recommend his other works as well to understand the history of the dravidian movement and politics

[anarchistin]

The manner, glorified in North Indian texts, in which Rama drove his wife to submit to such ordeals helps to keep Indian women in a state of subjugation. EVR reserves his greatest outrage, however, for Rama’s treatment of Sudras, the lowest group in the four-part brahmanical caste ranking and one of the major audiences of his pamphlet.

#periyar #ramayana #ram #caste #brahminism #hinduism #misogyny #patriarchy #dravidian #tamil nadu

[ramanan50]

From Where Did The Brahmins Come?

One of the most controversial topics is whether the Aryans invaded India and later settled here and if so from where did they come from? I have already posted a blog .The Myth called Aryan Invasion’ The scientific research proves that there is no Aryan Invasion at all. I will be adding some more points to disprove this Myth and before that there are some questions to be answered ,the questions…

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#Aryan #Aryan Invasion #Brahmin #Dravidians #Hinduism #India #Rama #Ramayana #Ravana #Religion #Shudra #South India

[indizombie]

In consonance with their educational ideals, the Madras Dravidian Association, a forerunner of the Justice Party founded by Natesa Mudaliar, provided free education and boarding for the children of the non-Brahmin and depressed classes. The Dravidian home in Madras city founded by him offered the possibility of English education to rural non-Brahmin students. In 1920, with its first electoral victory in the Madras Legislature, the Justice Party made schooling free and compulsory for children between the ages 5-12 years, along with a penalty imposed on parents who withdrew their wards. Free education was also provided up to 8th standard for girls. It is well known that the Justice Party pioneered free breakfast for students in the corporation preparatory schools and later extended it to other schools. This initiative obviously provided the model for mid-day meal schemes later.

S. Anandhi, 'Education and Dravidian common sense'

#S Anandhi #educational ideals #Madras Dravidian Association #Justice Party #Natesa Mudaliar #free education #boarding #children #non-Brahmin #depressed classes #Dravidian home #Madras #English education #rural non-Brahmin students #Madras Legislature #free schooling #compulsory education #elementary education #female literacy #free breakfast #corporation preparatory schools #mid-day meal schemes