Beyond the ‘Liberal vs Faithful’: Binary Exploring Non-Brahmin Contestations at Sabarimala

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  • Economic and Political Weekly Vol.59; No.29 - 20 July 2024 pp. 44-53
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: While the Sabarimala controversy has garnered considerable scholarly attention, few have theorised the counter-mobilisations against the conservative “Save Sabarimala” campaign, which highlighted the interlinkages of the caste–gender axis. Oversimplified accounts have tended to depict the entire controversy as either a liberal intrusion into religious traditions or merely a Savarna feminist attempt to reform the Brahminical Hindu religion. What they overlooked was that these counter-mobilisations represented a widespread expression of yearnings for social justice and outrage against Brahminism. By critically contextualising the non-Brahminical contentions at Sabarimala, this paper also explores their various tendencies.
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While the Sabarimala controversy has garnered considerable scholarly attention, few have theorised the counter-mobilisations against the conservative “Save Sabarimala” campaign, which highlighted the interlinkages of the caste–gender axis. Oversimplified accounts have tended to depict the entire controversy as either a liberal intrusion into religious traditions or merely a Savarna feminist attempt to reform the Brahminical Hindu religion. What they overlooked was that these counter-mobilisations represented a widespread expression of yearnings for social justice and outrage against Brahminism. By critically contextualising the non-Brahminical contentions at Sabarimala, this paper also explores their various tendencies.

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