UNTOUCHABILITY IN CHIDAMBARAM NATARAJAR TEMPLE

CHIDAMBARAM NATARAJAR TEMPLE –STRUGGLE BY TNUEF FOR OPENING CLOSED UNTOUCHABILITY WALL BY WHICH NANDAN ENTERED THE TEMPLE


The famous Natarajar Temple at Chidambaram is a place of untouchability in as much as the south gate of the temple through which Nandan, ardent follower of Natarajar went to worship the God,Natarajar was closed as a symbol of untouchability. Many dalit organisations are fighting for the cause of opening the closed door of untouchability but in vain.
Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front,CPM and other Dalit Organisations to day held a demonstration before the South Gate of Natarajar temple demanding opening of the closed door.Nearly 600 people led by P.Sampath(TNUEF President) Samuelraj(TNUEF Genl.Secretary), K,Balakrishnan,P.Selvasingh,P.Shanmugam(State Secretariat Members of CPM),D.Arumugam(Dist.Secretary of CPM)S.Tamilselvan,(Genl.Secretary,TNPWA) S.K.Mahendran MLA ,Thanasekaran, Moosa(CPM) Srirengan, Prakash ,L.R.Viswanathan,Veeramurugu,S.Durairaj picketed the south gate of the temple raising powerful slogans against untouchability practised by the temple administration and Govt.of Tamilnadu. The police arrested all the agitators and removed them and later released them in the evening.

The Govt.of Tamilnadu posing itself as the champion of dalits and following the preachings of Periyar did not come forward to open the untouchability wall of Chidambaram Natarajar temple instead suppressing the legitimate and justified struggles aiming at the eradication of untouchability.One has to correctly understand the dual role of the DMK Party in the power in Tamilnadu. The following is the video clippings telecast by Sun News



By:P.Esakkimuthu,Dt.Convener of TNUEF,Tuticorin(ttnuef@gmail.com)