‘we built temple, but can’t celebrate in it’: tn dalits threatening conversion over temple row

‘we built temple, but can’t celebrate in it’: tn dalits threatening conversion over temple row


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The main demand of the Dalits is to perform Mandagapadi, that is, to lead the rituals on one day in the five-day annual temple festival. “Bhadra Kaliamman is our deity, whom we have been


worshipping from generations. But now, we are not left with any other way than to convert to Islam,” said Senthil Kumar, district Union Secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).