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Temple order won't change caste reality
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|February 21, 2025
CALLING the Madras High Court order on Thursday permitting people from any caste to offer worship at the Shri Dharmaraja Draupati Amman Temple "delayed justice", many Dalit residents of Melpathi village said the order "does not change the caste reality".
Emotions ran high among the SC community members in the village, following the high court order. Speaking to TNIE, a 43-year-old resident said the court upheld democracy, but the reality as we know it is different. "We cannot enter the temple thinking the court or the government will save us now. It is only a matter of time before a bigger, stronger mob of caste Hindus humiliate and physically assault us if we enter the temple again," the villager said.
This story is from the February 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Dharmapuri.
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