Tamil Nadu: CPI(M) MLA again hurts Hindu Sentiments, calls Ramayana an imaginary epic
However, today the court has intervened. The Union government should immediately implement the scheme. He welcomed the resolution.
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Chennai, January 13: Once again raising questions on the Hindu faith, Tamil Nadu's Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA K Marimuthu termed Ramayana an 'imaginary epic saying Ramayana was a classical literary work, replete with Tamil poet Kambar's poetic skills.
He uttered these words when Tamil Nadu CM introduced a resolution in the state assembly urging the Centre to come forward to immediately implement the Sethusamudram ship canal project without any further delay.
Extending his support to the resolution, K Marimuthu of CPI said the project was a dream of icons of the freedom movement and quoted a poem by Mahavkavi Bharathi about building a bridge to Sri Lanka. When the project was taken up for implementation, those seeking political mileage in the name of ‘epic hero Ramar’ (Lord Ram) and those affected by superstition caused an obstruction.
However, today the court has intervened. The Union government should immediately implement the scheme. He welcomed the resolution.
Tamil Nadu News - CPM MLA K Marimuthu calls Ramayana an imaginary epic in Assembly. AIADMK & BJP MLAs opposed this statement in house.
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CPI-M said that the project is a long-time dream of the people, especially those in south Tamil Nadu. Several protests were held by people seeking its implementation. The Union government, however, put the project on the back burner in the name of ‘Ramar Palam’ (Ram Sethu) and the name of Ramar (Lord Ram). Some are claiming as history what is ‘fiction, imaginations and beliefs’ and are trying so that people would believe it.
Fiction, imagination and beliefs cannot become history. Ramayana was a classical literary work, replete with Tamil poet Kambar’s poetic skills. However, this is an epic based on imagination. “I am not saying this. Mahatma Gandhi is saying that Ramayana is a great epic of imagination.”
Jawaharlal Nehru and C Rajagopalachari too said the same. Some are creating confusion by portraying imagination and belief as true history. Against such a background, a Union Minister has himself said that there is no “identification’ for Ramar Palam (Ram Sethu).