Q. Arrange the following anti-caste movements chronologically:
- Vaikom Satyagraha
- The upper cloth revolt
- Guruvayur temple entry movement
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Answer:
2-1-3
Notes:
- The Vaikom Satyagraha (1924-1925)was held to allow all castes access to roads that went past the Vaikom Shiva temple.
- Vaikom Satyagraha saw the participation of Hindu upper castes in large numbers.
- A savarna march was organised from Vaikom to Thiruvananthapuram to press the demand of the satyagrahis.
- Sree Narayana Guru (1854-1928), fought against the caste system for social equality.
- His message was: ‘Man is of one kind, one faith and one God’.
- Vaikunta Swami, born in a Nadar family, started a radical spiritual movement that had equality at its core.
- Influenced by the Tamil Siddha tradition, Vaikunta Swami challenged the custodians of caste and the religious sphere it maintained and questioned all sets of authority.
- The Guruvayur temple entry movement in 1931 allowed entry to socially backward Hindus.
- The Channar revolt fought in 1823 is also known as ‘the Upper Cloth Revolt’. It demanded that the OBC women be allowed to cloth the upper part of their body, a choice then limited to upper caste women.