Astrologers, purohits are real terrorists of country: Jnanaprakash Swamiji
139th jayanti of Periyar
Bengaluru, September 17: Jnanaprakash Swamiji of Urilingapeddi Mutt of Mysuru said that the astrologers and purohits who create fear among people by making religious feelings as their capital were the real terrorists of the country.
Speaking at the 139th jayanti of Dravidian cultural thinker Periyar Ramaswami, organised by the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (samatavada) at Cubbon Park here on Monday, he said that making the religious beliefs as their weapon, the astrologers and purohits have been exploiting the people creating fear among them and they were the real terrorists of the country. Along with this, with the slogan 'Bharat mata ki jai', the country was being divided, he said.
Cheating hymns
"During marriage, we bring Mangalasutram. But the purohits say 'mangalyam tantu nanenah' which means purohit would tie the Mangalasutram to the bride. In the same way, after tying the Mangalasutram, another sanskrit hymn says 'after making your wife to sleep with Indra, Agni, Varuna and Kubhera, you have sleep with her. This was taken from the Vivah samhita of Manusmriti, which is a cheating, he said.
Swami Vivekananda had said that 'dont go to temple in search of god. God is in the heart of the poor. But politics was being done in the name of religion and exploited in the name of castes. The situation in the country was opposite to what the philosophers and social reformers said, he said.
Periyar was questioning those who were exploiting the people by making their ignorance and their faith on the god as tool. He advocated his ideologies the basis of rationality, he said.
There was no use if temples were constructed thinking that the god would come and protect the exploited. Dr Ambedkar, Periyar, Pile, Vasava na and others have toiled for the welfare of the exploited in the society. They had brought them the self respect, education and reservation. So, the exploited, poor and the Dalit should be their followers, he said.
Senior high court advocate C Jagadish, Periyar thinker Kalai Selvi, H Hadappa of DSS and others were present.
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Karnataka govt to provide NEET coaching for rural students: Dr Sharanaprakash R. Patil
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will take special initiatives to provide NEET coaching to students from rural areas, Medical Education, Skill Development and Livelihood Minister Dr Sharanaprakash R. Patil told the Legislative Council on Monday.
According to The New Indian Express, during the Question Hour, Congress MLC Ivan D’Souza raised concerns that the NEET system is depriving rural students of medical education and questioned whether poor students from rural areas can afford the coaching with just Rs 3 lakh provided.
Responding to the issue, Patil said the NEET system has not reduced the number of medical seats in the state, nor has it caused any shortage.
He said that while they had decided to scrap the NEET system, the Supreme Court had ruled in its favour.
The minister assured that the government will introduce various measures to provide more effective NEET coaching to rural students so that they can compete better in the examination.
