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Published:April4,201523:36IST|Updated:April5,201503:27IST
CHENNAI,April4,2015

Ramanujabrokecastebarriers:Karunanidhi
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DMKpresidentM.Karunanidhi
Hesaidthepartyonlyopposedfundamentalistswhoarrogatedtothemselvestheroleofprotectorsofreligion.
DMKpresidentM.KarunanidhisaidtheDravidianmovementacceptedtheideasofVaishnavitephilosophersaintRamanujabecausehe
transcendedreligionandcaste,andwantedallcommunitiestobetreatedequally.
Mr.KarunanidhiispenningthescriptforatelevisionseriesonRamanuja,the11centuryproponentofVisishtadvaita.InaninterviewtoThe
Hindu,hesaidthesaintwasarevolutionarywhotookreligiontothemasses.Heshowedthroughhislifethattheoppressedandbackward
communitieswerenotthosetobehatedandsidelined,MrKarunanidhisaid.Headdedthatpropagatingthisideawasthegreatestof
Ramanujassocialreforms.
DismissingaccusationsthattheDMKwasagainstHinduism,MrKarunanidhisaidthepartyonlyopposedfundamentalistswhoarrogatedto
themselvestheroleofprotectorsofreligion.
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