On a day when Ram Mandir construction begins, Tamilians on Twitter praise Ravana

[manlion]

On Wednesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, many people in Tamil Nadu took to Twitter to talk about Ravana. Hashtags #LandOfRavana, #LandOfRavan and #TamilPrideRavana began trending on Twitter since morning.

Demon king Ravana, the antagonist in Ramayan who abducted Sita, was hailed by many Twitter users in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil version of Ramayan, known as Kamba Ramayanam (Ramavataram), believed to be penned by poet Kambar eulogizes Ravana for his valour and courage. The tweets too praised Ravana, his prowess, his valour, and had pictures of the demon king with his ten heads.

A few tweets even had the old videos of late chief minister M. Karunanidhi in which he is heard asking, “Who is Ram? Was he an engineer? There is no historical evidence to say that Ram existed or he was an engineer.” Karunanidhi had made these comments in 2007, during a huge rally opposing Ram Setu, which was believed to have been built by Lord Ram across Palk Strait.

Twitter saw at least 23,000 mentions and 33,000 tweets on Ravana. “LordofRavanan is trending on Twitter, When the whole country is silently witnessing the circus. There is still a group of committed hearts down south who will fight the injustice to the end,” wrote former IAS officer Sashikantk Senthil on Twitter.

Tamilians on Twitter had been against the national trend many times. It may be recalled that it was the Tamil Twitter which went to trend hashtag GoBackModi in 2018 when Modi was in Chennai to launch open the Defence Expo then.

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2...egins-tamilians-on-twitter-praise-ravana.html

 

[manlion]

 

[sms]

On Wednesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, many people in Tamil Nadu took to Twitter to talk about Ravana. Hashtags #LandOfRavana, #LandOfRavan and #TamilPrideRavana began trending on Twitter since morning.

Demon king Ravana, the antagonist in Ramayan who abducted Sita, was hailed by many Twitter users in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil version of Ramayan, known as Kamba Ramayanam (Ramavataram), believed to be penned by poet Kambar eulogizes Ravana for his valour and courage. The tweets too praised Ravana, his prowess, his valour, and had pictures of the demon king with his ten heads.

A few tweets even had the old videos of late chief minister M. Karunanidhi in which he is heard asking, “Who is Ram? Was he an engineer? There is no historical evidence to say that Ram existed or he was an engineer.” Karunanidhi had made these comments in 2007, during a huge rally opposing Ram Setu, which was believed to have been built by Lord Ram across Palk Strait.

Twitter saw at least 23,000 mentions and 33,000 tweets on Ravana. “LordofRavanan is trending on Twitter, When the whole country is silently witnessing the circus. There is still a group of committed hearts down south who will fight the injustice to the end,” wrote former IAS officer Sashikantk Senthil on Twitter.

Tamilians on Twitter had been against the national trend many times. It may be recalled that it was the Tamil Twitter which went to trend hashtag GoBackModi in 2018 when Modi was in Chennai to launch open the Defence Expo then.

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2...egins-tamilians-on-twitter-praise-ravana.html

Rawana has lots of good qualities to emulate! There is no harm to emulate them.

Also note Rawana was from UP not Tamilnadu.

 

[Vikki]

Famous rama temple in Tamil Nadu

 

[Chhatrapati]

There are few cults in TN, basically a bunch of nutjobs who look the other way. Their brain freezes when you ask why their hero Ravana is a Brahmin.

 

[Sinnerman108]

There are few cults in TN, basically a bunch of nutjobs who look the other way. Their brain freezes when you ask why their hero Ravana is a Brahmin.

Is it true that Lord Ram is not alive anymore, whereas Shiva is alive and lives in Kelash ?

 

[El Sidd]

Is this in Nepal?

 

[manlion]

There are few cults in TN, basically a bunch of nutjobs who look the other way. Their brain freezes when you ask why their hero Ravana is a Brahmin.

if Ravanan was brahmin then ram was Tamil, theres no complusion for Tamils to follow aryan false ramayana narrative Ravanan was brahmin , 10 head demon king, blah blah

 

[manlion]

Is it true that Lord Ram is not alive anymore, whereas Shiva is alive and lives in Kelash ?

Mt Kailash is in China to visit Siva hindus need a Chinese visa

 

[Chhatrapati]

if Ravanan was brahmin then ram was Tamil, theres no complusion for Tamils to follow aryan false ramayana narrative Ravanan was brahmin , 10 head demon king, blah blah

If, maybe, could be. A lot of nonsense theories.

 

[manlion]

If, maybe, could be. A lot of nonsense theories.

no ifs --- ram was not fair skinned or sun tanned (or blue as in picture above) Aryan he was a dark black (shyaama) skinned Tamil Dravidian

दुन्दुभि स्वन निर्घोषः स्निग्ध वर्णः प्रतापवान् |
समः सम विभक्त अन्गो वर्णम् श्यामम् समाश्रितः || ५-३५-१६

16. dundubhisvananirghoSaH = He has a voice like the sound of a kettle-drum; snigdhavarNah = He has a shining skin; prataapavaan = He is full of splendour; samaH = He is square-built; samavibhaktaaN^gaH = His limbs are symmetrically built; samaashritaH = He is endowed with; shyaamam varNam = a dark-brown complexion.

"He has a voice like the sound of a kettle-drum. He has a shining skin. He is full of splendour. He is square-built. His limbs are built symmetrically. He is endowed with a dark-brown complexion."

https://www.valmikiramayan.net/utf8/sundara/sarga35/sundara_35_frame.htm

 

[Daghalodi]

if Ravanan was brahmin then ram was Tamil, theres no complusion for Tamils to follow aryan false ramayana narrative Ravanan was brahmin , 10 head demon king, blah blah

10 head Demon King

 

[Chhatrapati]

no ifs --- ram was not fair skinned or sun tanned (or blue as in picture above) Aryan he was a dark black (shyaama) skinned Tamil Dravidian

Lol what kind of fakery is this? Tamil Dravidian doesn't automatically mean he will have a dark skin color. I'm not gonna engage in your bull shit historic revisionism. To make things simple for fake Tamils there's a clear distinction between Aryas and white since Vedic times which clearly calls them Yavanas so if Aryans are not Yavanas then how can Aryans be whites.

 

[Gadkari]

Rawana has lots of good qualities to emulate! There is no harm to emulate them.

Also note Rawana was from UP not Tamilnadu.

People do not emulate "good qualities", people admire and emulate GOOD CHARACTER.

 

[Gadkari]

There are few cults in TN, basically a bunch of nutjobs who look the other way. Their brain freezes when you ask why their hero Ravana is a Brahmin.

Its worse.

According to Sinnamanur copper plate inscription of the Pandyas, The Tamil Pandya king checked the invasion of Ravana and forced him to sue for peace.

So as per Tamil own records, Ravana was just an invader who wanted to conquer and enslave Tamilakam. Nothing more.

Reminds me of pakistanis who worship their invaders. lol.