Hello everyone. Today's video is about the Sabarimala issue.
In this Sabarimala issue, I kindly request all of you to try and understand the Swamy Ayyappan devotees' sentiments and beliefs.
Importantly, I would also like to make a request to people belonging to other faiths, to kindly refrain from commenting on the Sabarimala issue.
This is because, for there to be peace in our multi-religious society, it is best if people don't interfere in the internal matters of someone else's faith.
Followers of people like Aloor Shanavas, Manushya Puthiran (a.k.a Abdul Hameed) unnecessarily post comments in this Sabarimala issue.
Now if I do the same, then will this Abdul Hameed and Aloor Shanavas accept my comments?
Why do they comment upon the Hindus in the name of rationalism?
If you are a rationalist, then why not comment upon your own religion? Why do you comment on Hinduism?
If I follow the footsteps of these rationalists and comment upon other religions, then there will be unnecessary controversy.
Hence, I am of the opinion that it is civilised behaviour and also good for the general wellbeing of the society, if other religious people stay away from this issue.
Ok let's get into this issue. First, let us try to understand what is the opinion and thoughts of the Ayyappan devotees.
The Ayyappan devotees are not saying that menstruating women are impure and hence they should not come to the Temple.
Let me try to put this very simply. Please pay attention.
Lord Murugan has the Aarupadai Veedu (six pilgrimage Temples).
Seven pilgrimage sites for the Shivanadiyaars.
108 pilgrimage sites for Perumal devotees.
Hope you understand.
Likewise, for Ayyappan devotees, there are four important pilgrimage sites.
These four pilgrimage sites are: 1) Kulattupuzhaa Ayyappan Temple, 2) Aariyangaavu Ayyappan Temple,
3) Dharma Saastha Temple at Acchan Kovil.
In all these 3 Temples, all women are allowed to visit the shrines.
Only in the Sabarimala Temple, restrictions are placed on the entry of women of certain age groups.
Please understand this first.
Let us not talk as if all Ayyappan Temples have banned the entry of women.
When all these Temples allow entry of women, why is it only denied in the Sabarimala Temple?
If you ask this question to the Ayyappan devotees, they will give you a clear answer.
In Kulattupuzhaa, Ayyappan is in the form of a child, in Aariyangaavu He is in the form of a youth.
In Achankovil Temple, Ayyappan is in the form of a married man.
For the devotees who visit these Temples, no restrictions are imposed.
In the Sabarimala Temple, Swamy Ayyappan is in the form of a meditating Lord, having taken the vow of Naishtika Brahmacaryam.
The devotees who visit the Sabarimala also take the same vow of Brahmacaryam.
Please understand that this is not a simple vow. The devotees go through a strict fasting for a period of 41-days, following Brahmacarya conduct.
The men who choose to take this vow/fast, they say that it is them who are staying away from the opposite sex.
Please understand that the concept of Brahmacaryam is found in almost all religions, be it Buddhism, Jainism or Hinduism.
Therefore, it is Lord Ayyappan who is staying away from the opposite sex due to the vow of Brahmacaryam He has taken.
It doesn't mean that women should not approach Him.
Hindu women who understand the importance of the Brahmacarya vow taken by Lord Ayyappan, have decided to stay away as well.
Hence, the Hindu women have clear understanding in this issue.
But here in this issue, a misleading impression is being created that women are denied entry because of impurity associated with menstruation.
The Ayyappan women devotees themselves are clear about this issue, then what is the need for a feminist revolution in this matter?
Why are feminists eager to jump into this issue?
Please understand that this is not the only gender-specific Temple.
There are also Temples and rituals pertaining to women, in which men are completely restricted from attending.
If you ask the Hindu women, they will tell you which are the Temples or rituals in which men are barred from taking part.
That is, there are certain rituals and Temples in our tradition that are gender-specific, for both men and women.
In this Sabarimala issue, both Hindu men and Hindu women are very clear and behave accordingly.
Both genders have no confusion in this issue.
But these so-called feminists somehow want to create problems in this issue.
Till now all those people who support women's entry into Sabarimala are either from other religions or atheists/periyarists.
What relation do these people have with this issue?
Which Hindu women went to support this movement? None.
So it is the people from other religions and the periyarists who are protesting for women to enter Sabarimala.
I hope you have understood the sentiments of the Ayyappan devotees.
We need to understand an important thing about this Sabarimala issue, in Tamil Nadu.
Since the moment SC gave the verdict, these DK, DMK, and other associated peryarist groups have been continuously insulting
the Sabarimala Temple, in the most disgusting way possible!
These feminists and periyarists are insulting Swamy Ayyappan's vow of Brahmacarya, if women were to enter His abode.
These people will dare not throw such disgusting and insulting comments on Islam or Christianity.
Why do they fearlessly insult the Hindu Gods?
They are fearless about you because, despite everything they have done to insult your beliefs, you still vote for these people!
Please understand.
The Hindus in Tamil Nadu lack unity!
I'm not saying that you should unite to go and fight Islam or Christianity.
You need to unite so that nobody can dare to hurt your religious beliefs.
It is exactly because of this lack of unity, today DMK can dare to insult the Dharma Saastha's Manikandan.
Today, the DMK have come forward to say that they respect all religions, including Hinduism.
If you actually believe what they say, then there is one more stupid than you.
I'll just tell you two things, please keep them in mind.
In 2006, when the movie "The Da Vinci Code" was released, Karunanidhi from DMK banned the release in Tamil Nadu. Why?
DMK claimed that the movie hurt the sentiments of the Christians and hence they banned the movie.
So DMK bans a movie just because it hurts Christian sentiments, but celebrates the SC verdict which hurts millions of Hindu sentiments!
On top of that, insulting Ayyappan too!
Do you understand this hypocrisy?
That is, they respect the Christian sentiments, but they don't bother hurting Hindu sentiments while they insult Lord Ayyappan.
How can you even vote for such a party? Aren't you ashamed?
Second thing to note.
Until today, have you ever received any Hindu festival wishes from the DMK leaders?
I'm asking, they greet you on Ramzan right? They greet you on Christmas right?
But have they greeted you for Saraswati Puja? Pillaiyar chathurthi? Or for Deepavali?
If you ask them, they will talk about the North-South divide and confuse you.
In this matter, the communists are too eager to implement the SC verdict immediately.
When the Mullaiperiyar verdict came out, the communists opposed it and summoned a special court proceeding,
to change the laws regarding the level of water to be released. Did you respect that verdict?
How can you talk about law now?
Shouldn't you have said that this verdict seems to be hurting the Hindu sentiments, and that we should request to review the petition against, right?
But communists will never say that.
As far as communists are concerned, both India and Hindu should cease to exist. Please understand this first.
I was a communist for six years and I'm well aware of this fact.
Communism is a failed political ideology.
Even Russia will not tolerate if you speak Communism in their country.
As far as I know, India is the only country in the world where Communism is still thriving.
Because we still haven't understood why Communism is a failed ideology.
Who do you think was the first trigger point in this Sabarimala issue?
Continuously for four days more than 10 lakhs of people gathered to protest, but no news channels in Tamil Nadu covered them.
Please understand this.
Only for the past two days, the news channels have been debating about this issue and creating further confusions.
The news agencies here, starting from Puthiya Thalaimurai to News7, are either communists or periyarists.
Here, there are bunch of people like Seeman and Thirumurugan.
That bunch has been claiming that Tamil people are not Hindus.
These bunch of people will never dare to claim that Tamil people are not Muslims or Christians.
But they will openly claim that Tamil people are not Hindus.
You dare them, but they will not respond to you.
Ramakrishnan, an Ayyappan devotee who has been visiting this Temple for the past 50 years or more,
committed suicide, some three days ago.
He was upset that the society is desecrating the age-old traditions of the Temple without understanding it.
The society has failed to understand the Brahmacarya vow, and has desecrated the traditions in the name of "feminist revolution".
Upset with all this, Ramakrishnan committed suicide.
Who do you think is the reason for his suicide? You and me are the reasons. Please understand.
Because we have failed to choose the leaders who would respect and honor our religious beliefs and practices.
We have abandoned all shame and humility and continue to vote for DMK.
Yes. They can openly ban a movie. They don't have to wish the Hindus on their festival days.
Why do they dare to do this? Because you guys are not their vote bank!
Please keep in mind, not just this issue, but in the future if you wish to counter more such issues,
please ensure that you do not vote for people who disrespect your religious beliefs.
