When EVR Broke Vinayakar Idols Out Of Hindu Hate, One Man Dragged Him To The Supreme Court Resulting In A Landmark Judgement - The Commune

When EVR Broke Vinayakar Idols Out Of Hindu Hate, One Man Dragged Him To The Supreme Court Resulting In A Landmark Judgement - The Commune

There is a well-known cartoon of EV Ramasamy Naicker (EVR hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers) breaking idols of Vinayagar. It based on the real life of incident when EVR smashed an idol of Hindu God Vinayagar in public at the Town Hall maidan in Tiruchirappalli. A Saivite Hindu named S. Veerabadran Chettiar filed a case against EVR under Section 295 and Section 295-A. According to court records, on 27 May 27 1953, at about 5-30 PM, EVR broke a…