He not only prevented Ramasamy's entry but also pushed him rudely into the street. The gatekeeper at the temple concluded that Ramasamy was not a Brahmin, as Brahmins were not permitted by the Hindu shastras to have moustaches. Due to extreme hunger, Ramasamy felt compelled to enter one of the eateries disguised as a Brahmin with a sacred thread on his bare chest, but was betrayed by his moustache. To Ramasamy's shock, he was refused meals at choultries, which exclusively fed Brahmins.
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At the worship site there were free meals offered to guests. However, one particular incident in Kasi had a profound impact on Ramasamy's ideology and future work. His frustrations extended to functional Hinduism in general when he experienced what he called Brahmanic exploitation. Though regarded as one of the holiest sites of Hinduism, he witnessed immoral activities such as begging, and floating dead bodies. In 1904, Ramasamy went on a pilgrimage to Kashi to visit the revered Shiva temple of Kashi Vishwanath. As Ramasamy grew, he felt that people used religion only as a mask to deceive innocent people and therefore took it as one of his duties in life to warn people against superstitions and priests. At a young age, he began questioning the apparent contradictions in the Hindu mythological stories. He used to listen to Tamil Vaishnavite gurus who gave discourses in his house enjoying his father's hospitality. Ramasamy attended school for five years after which he joined his father's trade at the age of 12. He could speak two Dravidian languages: Kannada and Tamil. In 1929, Ramasamy announced the deletion of his caste title Naicker from his name at the First Provincial Self-Respect Conference of Chengalpattu. His second wife, Maniammai, continued Ramasamy's social work after his death in 1973, and his ideas then were advocated by Dravidar Kazhagam. Ramasamy married for a second time in July 1948. Ramasamy married when he was 19, and had a daughter who lived for only 5 months. He later came to be known as "Periyar" meaning 'respected one' or 'elder' in the Tamil. He had one elder brother named Krishnaswamy and two sisters named Kannamma and Ponnuthoy. Ramasamy's father was Venkatappa Nayakar (or Venkata), and his mother was Chinnathyee, Muthammal. Ambedkar with Ramasamy when they met in connection with a Buddhist conference in Rangoon, Myanmar in 1954.Įrode Venkata Ramasamy was born on 17 September 1879 to a Kannada Balija merchant family in Erode, then a part of the Coimbatore district of the Madras Presidency. He opposed the exploitation and marginalisation of the non-Brahmin Dravidian people of South India and the imposition of what he considered Indo-Aryan India. Ramasamy promoted the principles of rationalism, self-respect, women’s rights and eradication of caste. While continuing the Self-Respect Movement, he advocated for an independent Dravida Nadu (land of the Dravidians). Annadurai forming the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1949. The party later split with one group led by C. In 1939, Ramasamy became the head of the Justice Party, and in 1944, he changed its name to Dravidar Kazhagam. From 1929 to 1932 Ramasamy made a tour of British Malaya, Europe, and Soviet Union which influenced him. In 1924, Ramasamy participated in non-violent agitation ( satyagraha) in Vaikom, Travancore. He questioned the subjugation of non-Brahmin Dravidians as Brahmins enjoyed gifts and donations from non-Brahmins but opposed and discriminated against non-Brahmins in cultural and religious matters. Ramasamy joined the Indian National Congress in 1919, but resigned in 1925 when he felt that the party was only serving the interests of Brahmins. Since 2021, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu celebrates his birth anniversary as 'Social Justice Day'. He rebelled against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'. Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
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