TN : Mutt heads demand ban on book ‘Thandavapuram’

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• TN : Mutt heads demand ban on book ‘Thandavapuram’ (4 April, 2012)
• HMK priests on hunger strike to protest against a book defaming Hindu Dharma (20 March, 2012)

TN : Mutt heads demand ban on book ‘Thandavapuram’

April 4, 2012

Nagapattinam (Tamilnadu) : Heads of various Hindu mutts in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday demanded ban on Tamil book ‘Thandavapuram’ for allegedly defaming seventh century Hindu saint Thirugnanasambandar.

The demand was made at a conference of heads of Mutts at Sirkazhi, the birth place of Thirugnanasambandar here.

The heads of mutts expressed anguish over the manner in which Thirugnanasambandar had been portrayed in the book, authored by Solai Sundaraperumal, and alleged the contents are hurtful, defamatory and beyond accepted levels of decency.

Source : Zee News

HMK priests on hunger strike to protest against a book defaming Hindu Dharma

March 20, 2012

HMK functionaries on hunger fast protesting against author of the book, Thandavapuram, that allegedl

Coimbatore (Tamilnadu) : Two functionaries of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) went on a hunger strike at Kottai Sangameswarar temple here protesting against writer Solai Sundaraperumal and his book Thandavapuram for allegedly defaming Hindu religion and religious practices.

HMK state president Arjun Sampath said that they have been conducting series of agitations for the past few weeks condemning the book that had allegedly criticised Hindu religion and Thirugnanasambandar.
HMK, in order to seek action against the author and to ban the book, has begun a hunger strike at the temple.

Since the police had denied permission for the protest, HMK functionaries – Chandikeswara Suresh and Ganapathy Ravi – began their hunger strike when the Ukkadam police prevented them from staging a hunger strike.

They were later taken to the police station for inquiries, police sources have said.

Source : Deccan Chronical