Hindu Munnani
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Hindu Munnani
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| Founder | Ramagopalan |
| Founded | 1980 |
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Hindutva Indian nationalism Integral humanism Conservatism |
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Hindu Munnani is a religious and cultural organization based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu which was formed to defend Hinduism and protect Hindu religious monuments.
Hindu Munnani was founded in 1980 or 1982 by Shri Ramagopalan in the backdrop of the Meenakshipuram conversions. Since then, it has been lobbying for the rights of the Hindus, fighting the Islamic right-wing and radical Islamic political groups and vehemently opposing Christian conversions.
The Hindu Munnani website describes its objectives as follows:
The Hindu Munnani first gained public awareness in 1982 when it began to mobilize the Hindu population of Ramanathapuram district in response to the Meenakshipuram conversions by Ishaatul Islam Sabha of South India Since then, the Hindu Munnani has often espoused the cause of Hindus, the Hindu religion and Hindu culture.
However, the most remarkable achievement of the Hindu Munnani was the organization of Vinayaka Chathurthi processions in Tamil Nadu. On 16 May 2006, the Hindu Munnani organized the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the installation of the shivalinga in the Jalakanteswarar temple in Vellore
Right from its genesis, the Hindu Munnani was involved in a number of controversies. Its genesis was coeval with the Meenakshipuram conversions and the Hindu-Muslim and Hindu-Christian riots which followed. On 19 February 1981, about 200 Dalit families in the village of Meenakshipuram in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu were converted to Islam by a group of Muslims and the name of their village was changed to Rehmatpuram. The Hindu Munnani was active in organizing a mass movement to bring the converted Dalits back into the Hindu fold. In March 1982, when riots broke out between Hindus and Christians at Mandaikadu in Kanyakumari district, the Hindu Munnani played an active role.
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