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An Eerie Kind Of Holy Hills Piracy: “Mountain Evangelism”
Sholingar Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple atop a hill in Vellore distirict, may soon become out of bounds
for devout Hindus. Hillside paths leading to the temple, one of the 108 divya desams (sacred Vaishnavite shrines), have been increasingly subjected to plastering of non Hindu symbols. Repeated representations by Hindus led by Hindu Munnani are being neglected by authorities including the district administration. Hindus apprehend violence breaking out as conversions are reported in the holy town. Sholingar is not certainly an isolated instance. Achirupakkam hills on the outskirts of Chennai has been virtually taken over by evangelising outfits that have planted the Cross all over the holy hill held sacred by Shaivite devotees. Connivance of corrupt officials with church groups had resulted in Hindus losing hold on their sacred hill. A third victim of the ‘mountain evangelism’ is the Parvatha hill close to the silk-loom town of Arni, again in Vellore district. Here too protest by devout Hindus was of no avail. In all such cases of religious piracy, crowd engineering by church follows, depriving Hindus access to their ancient holy hills. The land grab pattern of the notorious East India Company is unmistakably visible at several such pockets in Tamil Nadu.
for devout Hindus. Hillside paths leading to the temple, one of the 108 divya desams (sacred Vaishnavite shrines), have been increasingly subjected to plastering of non Hindu symbols. Repeated representations by Hindus led by Hindu Munnani are being neglected by authorities including the district administration. Hindus apprehend violence breaking out as conversions are reported in the holy town. Sholingar is not certainly an isolated instance. Achirupakkam hills on the outskirts of Chennai has been virtually taken over by evangelising outfits that have planted the Cross all over the holy hill held sacred by Shaivite devotees. Connivance of corrupt officials with church groups had resulted in Hindus losing hold on their sacred hill. A third victim of the ‘mountain evangelism’ is the Parvatha hill close to the silk-loom town of Arni, again in Vellore district. Here too protest by devout Hindus was of no avail. In all such cases of religious piracy, crowd engineering by church follows, depriving Hindus access to their ancient holy hills. The land grab pattern of the notorious East India Company is unmistakably visible at several such pockets in Tamil Nadu.
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