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Speaking at an event, Vannirsu said that today BJP, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar speak a lot about Ramayana. They are making it in films and TV serials and spewing poison. Even Rajamouli has made a film based on it.
DMK colleague Viduthalai Chiruthagal Kachi (VCK) leader Vannirsu has held the ideology promoted in Brahmins and Hindu epics for honor killing. He argues that such crimes are justified on the basis of stories mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata. Speaking at an event, Vannirsu said that today BJP, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar speak a lot about Ramayana. They are making it in films and TV serials and spewing poison. Even Rajamouli has made a film based on it.
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He cited a story of Ramayana in which a Brahmin takes his dead child to Ram and claims that his rule has deteriorated and religion has changed. He said that Rama sees what happened. They get the answer that their rule has deteriorated and religion has changed due to which bad incidents are happening. When Rama again asked what happened, the Brahmin asked Rama to go to the forest and see himself.
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According to the account of Nanyarsu, Rama goes to the forest with a sword and finds a person hanging upside down from the tree. When asked, the person introduces himself as a tribal person. Vanniyarsu told, “Ram asks Sampuhan how he can perform his religion by being a low caste, removes his sword, cuts his head and kills him. Then the story says that Sampuhan’s blood was sprinkled on the body of that child and the child was revived.
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