NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 22
Karl Marx helped British destroy sanatana dharma, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi said on Wednesday. R N Ravi said some people have wrong ideas about sanatana dharma due to their negligence or out of their lack of knowledge.
Governor Ravi visited Mettukuppam, the place where Saint Vallalar attained Siddhi.#Vallalar200@PMOIndia @HMOIndia @MinOfCultureGoI @PIB_India @ANI @PTI_News pic.twitter.com/1W82RMYpcP
— LOK BHAVAN, TAMIL NADU (@lokbhavan_tn) June 21, 2023
Speaking at the 200th birth anniversary of Ramalinga Vallalar at Vadalur in Cuddalore district on Wednesday, Ravi said sanatana dharma means the fundamental truth that there is one creator, who created the whole creation and after creation he is present in every element of creation.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu has rejected Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s recent statement that saint Ramalinga Vallalar was the superstar of Sanatana Dharma.
சமரச சுத்த சன்மார்க்க நெறிக்கும், சனாதன தர்மத்திற்குமான அடிப்படை வேற்றுமையைக் கூட அறிந்து கொள்ளாமல், வடலூர் வள்ளல் பெருமான் வழிகாட்டிய நெறிமுறைகளை முற்றிலும் சிதைத்து சனாதனப் போர்வைக்குள் சன்மார்க்க நெறியினைப் புகுத்தும் முயற்சியில், “தா்ம ரட்சராகப்“ புதிய அவதாரம்…
— Thangam Thenarasu-தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் (@TThenarasu) June 22, 2023
He said that the Tamil Nadu Governor does not know the basic difference between ‘Samarasa Suddha Sanmarkka Neri’ – teachings of Vallalar and that of Sanatana Dharma.
In a tweet the minister said: “The Governor was trying to fit in Vallalar into Sanatana Dharma which will not happen.”
Thenarasu said that the Tamil civilisation has clearly explained that Tamil culture and values have capacity to function on their own and it was as clear as a waterfall running from a hill.
The minister said that the Governor was “converting” the Raj Bhavan into a “tent of Sanatana Dharma” and added that the views of the Governor should be rejected.
The CPI (M) leader and Member of Parliament from Madurai, Su Venkitesan also rejected the statement of the Tamil Nadu Governor that Saint Ramalinga Vallalar was a superstar of Sanatana Dharma.
“மதித்த சமயதம் வழக்கெல்லாம் மாய்ந்தது,
வர்ணாசிரமெனும் மயக்கமும் சாய்ந்தது” என்று சனாதனத்தை எதிர்த்த வள்ளலாரை சனாதனத்தின் உச்சநட்சத்திரம் என்கிறார்ஆளுநர் .ஆளுநர் அவர்களே
வள்ளுவரும் வள்ளலாளரும் நீங்கள் விழுங்கவே முடியாத கலகக்குரல்கள்.மட்டுமல்ல சனாதனத்தை விரட்டிய ஆதிக்குரல்கள். pic.twitter.com/DK5B45Axz8
— Su Venkatesan MP (@SuVe4Madurai) June 22, 2023
Venkitesan in a social media post said that Vallalar had strongly opposed religious practices. The CPI(M) leader said that Saint Vallalar had in his verses clearly opposed religious practices.
Venkatesan recalling the teachings of Vallalar said, “The practices of religion that enjoyed respect has died, the false liking of varnashrama also fell by the wayside.”
He also said, “Mr. Governor, both Tiruvallur and Vallalar were voices of revolt and you cannot swallow them. They were the voices that chased away Sanatana Dharma.”