How Dravidian Ideology Turns Crime Of Temple Looting & Idol Breaking Into Heroism

How Dravidian Ideology Turns Crime Of Temple Looting & Idol Breaking Into Heroism

Viduthalai Rajendran, a prominent Dravidian ideologue and writer, has narrated an extraordinary story about a police inspector from Mannargudi who, according to him, was a staunch Periyarist and atheist and allegedly entered a temple in uniform, broke an idol and threw its jewellery into a well to “prove” that God had no power. What makes the account particularly striking is not merely the alleged act itself, but the manner in which Rajendran na…