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Dalit Consciousness and Its Perspective on the Basis of Prds History in Kerala
Dalit Consciousness and its perspective on the basis of PRDS History in Kerala R. Prakash,Kerala The greatest spiritual upheaval that the world saw in the beginning of this century was staged in India, with the emergence of P.R.D.S. the defensive activities of ‘Keezhala People’ have been feathered in different parts of the world. But no where else, there took place on an organised spiritual uplift based on their history and culture. It was in Kerala, in India, that such an event was staged though it went unnoticed. This progressive movement was in the backup of the Renaissance movement in India. Thus the Indian Renaissance deserved our special attention. Kerala has a history of Renaissance that his distinctive features of its own. These features make the Renaissance in Kerala differ from other areas in India. A unique peculiarism in Christianity-The activities of Christian Missionaries and the conversion among Dalit People. It happened in this background that the ‘Vaukunda Swami Movement’. Sree Narayana Movement’ the activities of Ayyankali and Vaikam Sathyagraha, took their origin, Religious conversions have directly or indirectly, influenced all renaissance movements. But it was P.R.D.S. alone that faced the identity crisis of conversion among the Dalit people. P.R.D.S. emerged as a spiritual movement. So it has been much misunderstood and misspelt in history. It has been greatly distorted and disturbed. In order to learn about the advent of P.R.D.S. history, it is essential that the history of Kerala and its democratical approach towards renaissance should be re-examined. The period of history termed the Renaissance of India does not yield to prejudicial assessment. The leaders of Indian Renaissance like Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Dayananda Saraswathy stood against the Brahmin Supremacy in even aspect. Yet the Mahatma Jyothi Baphula, E. V. Rama Swami Naikar and Dr. Ambedkar belonged to another layer on level. This shows the conflicting nature
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