லயோலா கல்லூரி பேராசிரியர் மீது பாலியல் புகார் கொடுத்த உதவி பேராசிரியையின் கண்ணீர் பேட்டி

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லயோலா கல்லூரி தமிழ் துறை தலைவர் ராஜராஜன் மீது சென்னை காவல்துறை ஆணையரிடம் பாலியல் புகார் மற்றும் கொலை மிரட்டல் புகார் அளித்த அதே கல்லூரியின் உதவி பேராசிரியையாக பணி புரியும் ஜெயசாந்தி அவர்கள் நமது வெப்துனியாவிற்கு அளித்த கண்ணீர் பேட்டி வருமாறு...

என் பெயர் ஜோஸ்பின் ஜெயசாந்தி, நான் லயோலா கல்லூரி தமிழ் பிரிவில் உதவி பேராசிரியையாக கடந்த 2007 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் வேலை செய்து வருகிறேன்.

லயோலா கல்லூரி தமிழ் துறையின் தலைவராக வேலை செய்து வரும் பேராசிரியர் எஸ்.ஏ.ராஜராஜன் கடந்த 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் தவறான (அசிங்கமான) சில நடவடிக்கைகளில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறார். அவர் தமிழ் துறையின் தலைவராக 2008 ஆம் அண்டு ஜூன் மாதம் பொருப்பேற்றார். தகாத வார்த்தைகளில் திட்டுவது, மனிதத்தன்மையற்ற நடவடிக்கைகள் மற்றும் அலுவலகம் என்று கூட பாராமல் பிறர் முன்னிலையில் விடுப்பு கடிதங்களை முகத்தில் வீசி எரிவது போன்ற அவரின் நடவடிக்கைகள் காரணமாக 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூலை மாதம் நான் பணியிலிருந்து ராஜினாமா செய்வதாக கடிதம் கொடுத்தேன். ஆனால் ராஜினாமா கடிதத்தை ஏற்காமல் பல்வேறு காரணங்கள் கூறி ஏற்க மறுத்தனர். அவரின் உள்நோக்கம் என்ன என்று அப்போது என்னால் புரிந்து கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. 

பிரச்சனை என்னவென்றால் நான் லயோலா கல்லூரியில் தமிழ் துறையில் மட்டுமல்லாமல் CIP(centre for international programmes) என்ற துறையிலும் ஈடுபாட்டுடன் பணியாற்றி வந்தேன். இந்த துறை மூலம் பனைத் தொழிலாளர்கள் மற்றும் விவசாயிகள் பற்றி புரோஜெக்ட்டுகள் செய்து இந்திய அளவில் வெற்றியடைந்து உலக அளவில கலந்து கொள்வதற்காக மாணவர்களை அழைத்துச் செல்வது போன்று நல்ல முறையில் ஈடுபாட்டுடன் வேலை செய்து வந்தேன். இதன் பிறகு பேராசிரியர் ராஜராஜனின் தொந்தரவுகள் வெளிப்படையாகிவிட்டன. அவர் என்னை பார்த்து, "நீ கணவன் இல்லாமல் காய்ந்து போய் கிடக்கிறாய், என்னுடன் வந்துவிடு, என்னுடன் லாட்ஜில் தங்க வேண்டும்". இது போன்ற, இன்னும் அவர் என்னிடம் பேசியதையெல்லாம் வெளிப்படையாக கூற முடியாது. அந்த அளவிற்கு கேட்க விரும்பாத வார்த்தைகளை அவர் உபயோகித்து என்னிடம் பேசினார். மேலும் நாட்கள் செல்லச் செல்ல வெளிப்படையாகவே பாலியல் உறவிற்காக என்னை துன்புறுத்தவும், நச்சரிக்கவும் ஆரம்பித்தார். இது போன்ற அவரது செயல்பாடுகளை மிகவும் கடினப்பட்டு விலக்கி, சமாளித்து வந்தேன். 

பிறகு அலுவலகத்தில் நான் அமர்ந்திருந்த இருக்கையை அவரது அறைக்கு மாற்றி என்னை தொந்தரவு செய்ய ஆரம்பித்தார். இதனைக் கண்ட சக ஊழியர்கள் அவரை பற்றி என்னிடம் கூறி கவனமாக இருக்கும்படி கேட்டுக் கொண்டனர். மேலும் அவர் ஏற்கனவே பணி இடைநீக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டவர். அவர் கல்லூரி, துறை அலுவலகம் என்று கூட பாராமல் பல விரிவுரையாளர்கள் மற்றும் உதவி பேராசிரியர்களை அடிக்கவும் முயற்சித்திருக்கிறார். அதனாலேயே அவர் ஒரு முறை பணி இடைநீக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டதாக நான் கேள்விப்பட்டேன்.

INCULTURATION – THE MOST POTENT WEAPON IN THE CHURCH'S ARMOURY

Monday, 29 July 2013 00:00     Christian agenda and Designs http://vsrc.in/index.php/articles/2014-07-30-08-53-42/item/572-inculturation-the-most-potent-weapon-in-the-church-s-armoury
The Roman Catholic Church of Kottar, in its website www.martyrdevasahayam.org mentions while describing about the Baptism of Nilakandan as Devasahayam Pillai, as follows:

"…For the sake of inculturation the Jesuit missionaries translated the biblical names. Thus "Peter" was rendered "Rayappan", "Paul" "Chinnappan" and "John" "Arulappan". The baptizing priest himself had assumed the Tamil Name Paranjyothinathar!"1

What is Inculturation? 
The Oxford Dictionary defines Inculturation asthe gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc. Simply put,Inculturation is the adaptation of Christian liturgy to a non-Christian cultural background.

Translation plays a vital role in Inculturation. In his paper presented at the International Conference on "Rethinking Translation" at Milwaukee on 10 June 1995, Stephen M. Beall, Ph.D., quotes the declaration made by Pope Paul VI in 1965 that, "vernacular languages had become vox ecclesi, the "voice of the Church" (EDIL482). Stephen avers that, "On the one hand, the pastors of the Church are committed to the right of Catholics to enjoy their own cultures and to pray in their own language. On the other, they feel an obligation to preserve a certain unity in the way in which all Catholics think and pray. When these values seem to come into conflict, translation becomes a controversial procedure." Observing that the "Key" to the whole matter is "Inculturation", Stephen defines Inculturation in the words of Aylward Shorter, as, "the creative and dynamic relationship between the Christian message and a culture or cultures". He also quotes liturgist, Father Anscar Chupungco that, "the liturgy must think, speak, and ritualize according to the local cultural pattern."2 Stephen also says that, "This approach to faith and culture can be traced in part to the documents of the Second Vatican Council, especially Gaudium et Spes."

The Vatican wanted the Bible to reach the non-Christians in their own language and hence applied this approach. In fact, this approach was adopted by the European Christian Missionaries right from the day they landed on Indian soil.

Focus on Native culture, language and tradition
Culturally and religiously strong India was a challenge to the European Missionaries. Very soon after landing on India, they realized that their evangelical activities would not bear fruits without the help of the native languages. By learning the native languages and getting to know about the native literatures, they could understand the cultural and religious traditions being practiced by the native people. This in turn helped them to devise different strategies for conversion.

Learning of the native languages helped them in two ways. First, they could Translate the native literatures into their European Languages and sent them to their masters, so that, they could realise the extent of manpower, money power and political power needed to destroy the 5000 year old culture and convert a spiritually strong India. Secondly, they could translate Bible in vernacular languages, which helped them to reach the native people more comfortably.

Roman Brahmin!
The man who laid the foundation of inculturation was the Italian priest Robert de Nobili (1577-1656). He learnt Sanskrit and Tamil, wore saffron robes, sacred thread (attached with a small Cross!) and sandal mark on forehead and called himself a 'Roman Brahmin'. He set up an "Ashram" in Madurai, became a vegetarian and used "Pathukas" (wooden footwear). He claimed the Bible was the "Lost Veda", the "Jesuit Veda" revealed by God, and was considerably successful in harvesting souls. Fortunately for Tamil Nadu, his European masters were not happy with his inculturation methods and subjected him to an enquiry which forced him to shift to other places like Trichy and Salem. Finally he settled in a small house in Santhome, Madras, and died in 1656. 3

Italian Munivar!
The next Italian missionary, Constantine Joseph Beschi (1680-1746), called himself Veeramaamunivar (Veer-Maha-Munivar) to pretend he was a great lover of Tamil. Outwardly conducting himself like a Hindu Sanyasi, he took care of the conversion business in the districts of Madurai and Thanjavur. His work on a biography of St. Joseph,Thembaavani, was hyped as a great work and projected as equivalent to Kambar's Ramayana!

Even now it is propagated that impressed with the beauty and richness of Kamba Ramayana, Beschi wanted to create a similar Christian work and hence came out withThembaavani. It benefitted Christianity by establishing St. Joseph in Tamil Nadu. He then came out with another work, Paramartha Guruvum avarin Seedarkalum(Paramartha Guru and his Disciples), to ridicule our centuries old 'Guru-Sishya Parampara.' This "Munivar", who denigrated our Guru-Sishya Parampara, was honoured by Dravidian racists who installed a statue of him on Marina Beach.4

German Iyer!
In the same period, a German missionary Barthalomaus Ziegenbalg (1683-1719) also worked in Tamil Nadu and called himself Ziegenbalg Iyer. This Protestant priest landed in Tranquebar (Tharangampaadi) in 1706 and worked with a Danish company which was the first to bring German printing machines to Tamil Nadu. He printed the first Tamil Bible (New Testament). Even while indulging in conversions, he often quarrelled with the Danish authorities who put him in jail for some time. He was the first to stoke anti-Brahmanism by creating a hatred for Brahmins among other communities. As he fell sick often, he died at the age of 36 in 1719, leaving behind two Churches, a training institute for converted Indian priests, and 250 converts in Tranquebar. 5

Italian Iyer
Next in the list of Christian Priests who "served" the cause of inculturation was another 'Iyer' - G.U. Pope (1820-1907) or 'Pope Iyer.' He translated a few Tamil literary works such as Thiruvaachakam, Thirukkural and Naaladiyaar, and said he could find the teachings of Apostle St. Paul and St. Francis of Assisi in Sri Maanickavaachakar'sThiruvaachakam; innocent Tamil scholars felt elated at his 'graciousness'.

Even some Tamil Saivite Mutts felt proud at G.U. Pope's statement. Tamil scholar Muthukumaraswamy, who has in-depth knowledge on Saiva Siddhanta, demolishes this myth, citing Pope's own statement, "In the whole legendary history of this sage … there stands out a real historical character, which seems to be a mixture of that of St. Paul and of St. Francis of Assisi. Under other circumstances what an apostle of the East might have become," as evidence of Pope's sarcasm and disdain. He exposes the mindset of G.U. Pope who states that a Religious Guru from the East would not have attained a spiritual level beyond this in order to undermine the spiritual greatness of Sage Maanickavaachakar.

Dr. Muthukumaraswamy quotes another instance where G.U. Pope ridicules murti worship or vigraha aradana: "G.U. Pope says that a person who attains a higher level of spiritualism also indulges in Murti worship and rustic rituals, which go totally against his level of spiritualism." 6

There is another concocted story about G.U. Pope in Tamil Nadu which says that Pope wanted the statement, "Ingu oru Thamizh Maanavan urangukiraan" (A Tamil student is sleeping here) sculpted on his cemetery and that the statement is still present there on his cemetery. But those who have gone to the cemetery have confirmed that there was no such statement written on his cemetery except the ones from the Bible.7

Motivated lies on Thiruvaluvar and Thirukkural
G.U.Pope had done his bit to establish the Myth of St.Thomas in India in South India. When he translated and published Sage Thiruvalluvar's Thirukkural in 1886, he relied on a folklore that Thiruvalluvar was friends with a captain of a ship and used to meet him often at the beaches of Mylapore. G.U. Pope accepted this as a true story. As a true Christian, he also believed the myth of St. Thomas and relied on the concoction that Thomas converted a large number of families in and around Mylapore. He then gave an introduction to Thirukkural as follows:

"Thiruvalluvar worked hard to acquire knowledge by all means. Whenever a ship anchors in Mylapore coast, Valluvar's 'Captain' friend would send him message about the arrival of new visitors including foreigners. Many foreigners could have travelled in his friend's vessel and landed in Mylapore via Sri Lanka. Within me I see the picture of Thiruvalluvar talking with the Christians gathering information and knowledge. He has gathered a lot of Christian theories in general and the minute details of Alexandrian principles in particular and incorporated them in his Thirukkural. The philosophy of Christian theories from the Church situated near Valluvar's place is present clearly inThirukkural. Thiruvalluvar lived between 800 AD and 1000 AD. The Christian Biblical works were certainly an evidence for Valluvar's Thirukkural. He was certainly inspired by the Bible." 8

Baptising' Thiruvalluvar to `besiege' the Hindus!
Indians have been fed with distorted history by the Western Christian elite before independence and the same has been continued even after independence, thanks to the takeover of the nation's history by the Marxists and Christian stooges, who continued the dark and sinister legacy of Max Mueller and McCauley. As an important part of the perverted history, which was planted by the western scholars, the so-called St.Thomas's arrival, life and death were thrust on South India. This thrust gave a solid foundation to the Church to claim as if Christianity was also an indigenous religion. They even went to the extent of babtising Thiruvalluvar by claiming that he was converted by St.Thomas.9

Many attempts have been made at regular intervals to impose the concocted history of Thomas on the people and the "secular" mainstream media in India helped it to a great extent.

The Clooney Story
Francis X Clooney, a Jesuit Padire and Professor at Harvard Divinity School, could easily deceive some self centered Vaishnavites in Tamil Nadu for his "studies" on "Comparative Theology". He has been on his mission for more than two decades making regular visits to India in general and Tamil Nadu in particular. This is how he boasts himself: "I work in certain traditions of classical Hinduism, including Mimamsa Vedanta and Srivaishnavism. Of course, my work as a professor leads me to write on other topics and themes at times, but these are my areas of focus in the study of Hinduism. Beyond these, I am also a comparative theologian, and so, I reflect on what I learn from Indian traditions alongside my understanding of my Christian bearings. And, to understand comparative study, I am also a bit of a historian, studying how Western Jesuits over the centuries have understood Hinduism." 25

Saying with a tone of temerity that Srivaishnavism to be parallel to Roman Catholicism, with a similar depth, breadth, and wholeness, he adds, "I have several book projects in mind, including more work on the Srivaishnava Bhagavatha Visaya, certain songs and commentaries compared with medieval Christian commentary on the Biblical Song of Songs. I have also been doing research on the Jesuit tradition of inter-religious learning in India, and may soon have something more to write on that. " Wikipedia says that his current projects include an introductory volume on comparative theology, and a study of yoga and Jesuit spirituality (whatever that means).26

He has a set up in Chennai itself and every year during his sojourns in Chennai, he makes it a point to address Hindus either in a College or a University organized by the 'self-centered' Vishnavites, who aid and abet him with all the details, information and relevant references he wants. These "self-centered" Vishnavites do not have any shame or guilt at all when the Jesuit Padire compares and equates "Sri" (Goddess Lakshmi) with "Mary", or Maariamman with Mary, or Francis De Seles with Sri Vedanta Desika. The damage being caused by Clooney's so-called research is that he deliberately misinterprets Indian religious texts and "invents" similarities between "Hindu Theology" and Christian Theology.

Barring half a dozen individual Hindu Nationalists in Chennai, no organization realised the necessity to put Clooney in his place and scuttle his devious strategy. Blogger and Historian Vedaprakash closely followed Clooney and his activities and thoroughly exposed him. The Hindu Samaj owes a lot to Vedaprakash for documenting everything concerning Clooney. Matters regarding Clooney have captured quite a good amount of space in his wonderful blog "Incluturation", wherein he exposes many other dubious and phony activities of the Church.27

Scheming Sadhu
Christian missionaries, who were concentrating on the poor and downtrodden sections, have now started focusing on the upper echelons of society. The employees in media houses, workers in cinema and small-screen industries, and Hindus working in Christian institutions have become vulnerable to conversion attempts. Of late, special attention is being shown to the Brahmin community.

Brahmins were, are and will always be a "Prize Catch" for Christian evangelists. For them, converting even a single Brahmin is a great achievement. A converted Brahmin becomes a great asset, for with one Brahmin convert they would be able to easily convert a hundred non-Brahmins. Of late, Christian missionaries have started targeting the Brahmin community, and in the last four or five years, they have been able to achieve some gains.

'Sadhu Chellappaa', a notorious figure attired in saffron, started a dubious outfit called 'Christian Brahmin Seva Samiti'. His modus operandi is distortion of Hindu scriptures to advance Christianity.

Born in a Hindu family and raised in and around a temple, Chellappaa claims to have complete knowledge of the Vedas, Upanishads, Ithihasas and Puranas. As the temple priests and other scholars could not clarify his doubts on some questions, one day (15 May 1967) he decided to commit suicide by jumping from a running train. As he was about to do so, he claims to have heard holy verses of the Bible; he got down at the next station and went straight to the Church, where he claims to have seen Jesus and received answers for all his doubts through divine blessing.

As per orders of Jesus, he became a Christian and travelled throughout the state converting thousands of Hindus to Christianity. He became a full time evangelist in 1974 and founded the Agni Ministries. Since 1982, he has been running a Tamil monthly magazine, "Agni," for Tamil people worldwide. As per orders of Jesus, he has been planting new churches since 1995, and has so far planted 27 churches and appointed 27 pastors for effective harvests. He has appointed four full-time evangelists and established a full fledged office with four faculty and other staff.
 

Sadhu Chellappaa has written over 28 books in Tamil and two in English. He claims his book "IS CHRISTIANITY A NECESSITY?" is always in demand and is likely to go into reprint for the fifth time. Another book, BIBLE AND BAGAVAT GITA, VARANASHRA DHARMA sells like hot cakes! He has travelled widely abroad, meeting evangelists and church leaders in pursuit of name and fame.

Chellappaa is believed to have met Dr. Billy Graham at the itinerant Evangelists Conference at Amsterdam in 1983; his life story appeared in "Challenge" magazine published by Campus Crusade, USA. But his 'Sri Lankan connection' is telling! A regular speaker at the Impetus Conference in Colombo for Third World Pastors and Evangelists, Sadhu is a close friend of Dr. Colton Wickramaratne, Senior Pastor of People's Church, Colombo and his ministry has 'saved' numerous Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka.
 

Most Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus who are scattered as refugees throughout the world have been converted to Christianity through his ministries. Rev. Colin Dye, Senior Pastor of Kensington Temple, London, the largest church in England, interviewed Chellappaa and his story appeared in "The Edge," a leading British Christian magazine, in its May 1996 issue.28

Sadhu Chellappa's 'Agni Ministries' (AM) are governed by "Evangelical Action Team of India" (EATI), founded by him in 1980 in Coimbatore, with 20 persons in the Board of Directors; he is the 'Managing Director'. EATI concentrates on conversion activities in the guise of services in Education and Health. The main objective of EATI and AM is to Plant Churches and Harvest Souls, for which purpose they recruit Pastors and Evangelists and conduct training courses for them. They teach distorted versions of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh scriptures and other books relevant to those Indigenous religions and train recruits how to use those scriptures (by comparing with Christian concepts and Bible stories) for converting the gullible sections from those faiths. They send trained recruits to set up 'Prayer Cells' to facilitate planting of new Churches in predominantly Hindu areas. The recruits also teach at Bible schools and colleges. EATI and AM have tie-ups with international missionaries, mainly for fund raising, which makes harvesting easier. 29 
 

Distortions galore
Sadhu Chellappaa audaciously claims, "Diwali, the festival of lights, is a Christian Festival; Animal Sacrifice is a Christian culture adopted by Hindus and Gayatri Mantra actually glorifies Jesus. The Vedas, the ancient Indian sacred writings had anticipated the coming of Christ to take away the sins of man. They call Him Purusha Prajapati the creator God who would come as a man to offer himself as a sacrifice. Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Vedic quest of the Indian people, because the Vedhas are incomplete without Him, just as the Old Testament was fulfilled at the coming of the Messiah". He waxes eloquent on 'You Tube' on "Hinduism came from Bible"30

Backed by the Church and funded by foreign sources, many Christian Organisations make well planned short duration documentaries after distorting Hindu Scriptures to their convenience. For example, "Asatoma Sath Kamaya" is a movie uploaded on 'You Tube' in ten parts. It is produced by "Prarthanalaya Church."31

Sastris and Maamis
It is said Sadhu Chellappaa has a few Brahmin families in his kitty since the launching of this Christian Brahmin Seva Samiti. He uses the services of another convert Vedanayagam, who brazenly calls himself 'Pujya Sri Bhagavathar Vedanayagam Sastrigal'. Both of them organize evangelical sessions in the guise of "Kathaakaalakshebam" and hoodwink gullible Hindus.32 They focus on poor and lower middle class Brahmins, who are ignorant and have poor knowledge of their religious scriptures. Most have personal and financial problems, which make them vulnerable to the Chellappaas and Vedanayagams.

Now we have a new breed of evangelists, who also have special expertise on inculturation techniques. Suseela Ragunathan is a Brahmin convert and she is an office-bearer in Christian Brahmin Seva Samithi. She identifies herself as 'Suseela Maami Ragunathan' and conducts evangelical congregations. Another evangelist by name Mani claims to have suffered a lot as a Brahmin Priest and had a turning point in life after converting to Christianity. He is a full time evangelist now identifying himself as Brother Mani Iyer.

Indian Bible 
While the evangelists masquerade as "Sadus and Sanyasis", and the organizations and ministries distort Hindu scriptures and produce documentaries, the Roman Catholic Church came out with a most outrageous 'New Community Bible' christened as the "Indian Bible," which included sacred verses from the Ithihasas, Gita, Vedas and Upanishads.

This Hybrid Bible depicted Virgin Mary barefoot, wearing a sari and sporting a bindi on her forehead, a naked baby Jesus on one shoulder, standing beside Joseph clad in loincloth and turban. It was released in June 2008 and a print run of 30,000 copies sold out in a week in Mumbai; many shops limited distribution to three copies per person. Some famous bookshops in Delhi reported that even "Hindus" bought copies of the Indian Bible!

The hybrid Bible was reportedly conceived in the 1980s. The Indian Catholic clergy deputed over 20 experts on Christianity and Indian Religions to devise a commentary that would help Indian converts – the end product was the so-called "Indian Bible"! The Catholic Bishops Conference of India approved it and Vatican blessed the initiative.33 
 

Christianising Festivals
Christianising Native Festivals of Non-Christian nations is a part of inculturation, which is the time tested modus operandi of the Church to increase their harvest of souls. As B.R.Gauthaman observes in his article, "The fable of 'Martyr' Devasahayam Pillai", " Many Christian festivals have been so "created" in line with the festivals of the local people. In the process, the reasons behind these festivals and the cultural identities in the minds of the locals have all but been annihilated, for which history bears testimony. By keeping the date of the death of Devasahayam Pillai conveniently open, it is amply clear that the 'Devasahaayam Pillai Festival' too has been craftily created by the Church to destroy the ancient tradition of celebrating Pongal."34

The Roman Catholic Churchhas been focusing on Pongal for quite some time. The reason may be attributed to the fact that the festival falls in January within days immediately after Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Church effectively used its control over the Dravidian Parties in general and DMK in particular to bring Pongal into Christian tradition. The DMK government promulgated "New Tamil New Year Ordinance" in 2007, making Pongal Day (First day of Tamil month 'Thai') as the Tamil New Year Day.35

The DMK government blessed organization "Tamil Maiyam" founded by Father Jagath Gasper Raj and DMK Supremo Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi started a State Festival in the name of "Chennai Sangamam" which would start from Christmas and end with Pongal. The government roped in all the folk arts and folk music into the Chennai Sangamam notwithstanding the inclusion of Classical Music and Dance.36

A new concept called "Samathuva Pongal" (Egalitarian Pongal) was introduced, in which, Pongal was celebrated within the Church premises, wherein people from all religions were made to participate. Though a few Muslims participated in such festivities, they never yielded to the idea of making Pongal inside the Mosques. Even the Christian clergy allowed the celebration only within their premises and not inside the Church.37

This clearly shows their agenda of using the Hindu festival only to convert gullible people. Many Christian organizations like 'Jesus Redeems Production' produced documentaries on Christian Pongal and distributed them, apart from releasing on You Tube.38

In fact, this Christianising Hindu dance forms have been going on for more than two decades. Institutes like Kalai Kaviri have been doing only that. In due course of time, many other organizations have come up both inside and outside India. For example, Tamil Catholic Chaplaincy of Germany is one such organisation which celebrated Tamil Christian Festivals using Hindu Classical Music like Carnatic and Dance forms like Bharathanatyam. 39

Evangelists like Sadu Chellappa, focusing on Urban India and the high echelons of society, are already on the job of Christianising festivals like Deepavali. Now the predominantly rural festival like Pongal is also not spared. In this kind of a scenario, one could imagine the adverse impact of celebrating Devasahayam Pillai's martyrdom on 14 January.

Conclusion
Religious conversion has been a subject of dispute for ages and the Church has been well known for conversion activities to spread Christianity throughout the world in its pursuit of souls for harvesting.

It mostly follows the strategies of allurement and pressure to convert the people following other religions. However, the most potent weapon in its armoury has been 'Inculturation'. The Church uses process of 'Inculturation' with an aim to adopt the well-established Hindu cultural practices to make a changeover in the minds of the gullible masses.40

The Church has started setting up Hindu type of buildings and called them as 'Catholic Ashrams' controlled by 'Saffron robed' Padres, projecting themselves as 'Swamijis'. The Hindu style of architecture, construction, layout and interior designs are being followed. The buildings also have the Sanskrit 'Ohm' symbol in front of them and the saffronised Padres claim that Ohm is not Hindu, but Vedic!

Some Churches also sculpture the statues of Jesus in 'meditating' posture (Kerala), Jesus sitting cross-legged on a lotus (Hyderabad), Jesus emerging after a purification bath in Ganges (Haridwar) and they even claim that yoga and meditation are not connected to Hinduism and that they are universal, common to all religions! The 'Ashtothram' and 'Sahasra Naamam' (108 and 1008 names) have also been prepared for performing 'Archana' on Jesus and the 'Aarti' is also being performed.

In Tamilnadu, Churches have started 'Padayatras' for Velankanni Shrines, sometimes even with the 'Irumudi' (similar to the one taken for Sabari Mala Yatras). The Velankanni pilgrims have started wearing saffron robes. Many Churches have started giving 'Chakra Pongal' (Sweet Rice) as 'Prashadams' for the people. Apart from Velankanni in Nagapattinam, the Velankanni shrine in Besant Nagar, Chennai also follows these practices of inculturation.

The seemingly deliberate setting up of 'Mary shrines' in street corners, next to 'Vinayaga' enclosures / small temples, is a concerted effort to replace 'Goddess Maariamman' from the scheme of things as they exist now. Evangelists have been seen brazenly telling the village people that Mary (Mother) and Mari (Amman) are one and the same. During festival times one can find digital banners in the Santhome area of Chennai City near Marina Beach, claiming Mary as 'Thiru Mayilai Annai' (Mother in Mylapore), while the true 'Thiru Mayilai Annai' is Goddess Karpagambaal of Kapaaleeshwarar Temple, which was demolished by the Portugese.

The whole world knows that 'Girivalam' (Circumambulation of Hill Temples) is being performed at Thiruvannamalai every 'Pournami' (New Moon Day) and the same practice has been started by Churches at many places after erecting a huge Cross and a Prayer House on Hillocks. A Church on the hillock at a place called Achirupakkam near Melmaruvaththur Adi Parashakthi Temple is a classic example for Chrsitian Girivalam41. The Church has adapted every Hindu practice and the only thing left is the replacement of 'Hindu Murthis' with Jesus and Mary statues, which is most likely to happen anytime if this inculturation continues. The Churches claim that this concept of inculturation has been aimed at bridging the divide between Indian Cultural Experience and the Western Character of Christianity.

Similar to the Christianising of Yoga and Meditation, Classical Dance forms Baratha Natyam are also being Christianised by a few institutes in the country. The adaptation of practises of Hindu religion, culture and fine arts by the Church and missionaries with an intention of de-Hinduising them, have created havoc in the psyche of the Hindu majority provoking it beyond the limits of tolerance.

After Independence, the Constituent Assembly's noble intention of giving room for 'propagating' one's religion' helped the Church to score brownie points. This is evident from the fact that the Northeast, which was predominantly Hindu at the time of independence, has become almost totally Christian within fifty years. Similarly in the south, where the Portuguese onslaught paved the way for the establishment of Christianity, conversions have been rampant. Goa, which was the focus of Christian Persecution during the Portuguese invasion, has turned out to be predominantly Christian.

As the Portuguese landed in the coastal areas of Tamilnadu too, the state has witnessed laborious activities by the missionaries, which was helped by people like G.U.Pope and Bishop Caldwell. Later on the Church and Missionaries were, and are still, aided and abetted by the Dravidian Movement, with an ulterior motive of isolating the Tamil people from the Hindu fold. Kerala has a few districts, which are dominated by the community. After achieving a considerable harvest in Goa and Kerala, the other three states of TN, AP and Karnataka have become the focus of missionaries.

The only remedy lies in bringing a Constitutional Amendment. At present, the Constitution ensures 'Freedom of Religion' to practise & propagate and certainly doesn't grant the right to convert others. The relevant 'Article-25', which ensures freedom of religion, is subject to public order, morality and health. But, the process of inculturation being practised by the Church now, violates all, and calls for a total ban on such attempts and a legislation of a Central Anti-Conversion Law. Also, the Constitution must be amended, so as to remove the word 'propagate', which is deviously used by the Church. The minorities must be allowed to practise their religion. But it should not be done at the cost of national interest and communal amity.

The devious attempt by the Roman Catholic Church to make a martyr out of a fraudster and award him sainthood with the sole intention of harvesting souls must be foiled at the very beginning.

This Seminar is a great initiative and this initiative must be sustained at various levels in the days to come, so that, the gullible masses become aware of the nefarious designs of the Catholic Church and wake up to face the disaster which is looming over them.

It will be appropriate to close with the immortal words of Swami Vivekananda on the Great Savant's 150th Jayanthi Celebrations:

"With all your brags and boastings, where has your Christianity succeeded without the sword? Show me one place in the whole world. One, I say, throughout the history of the Christian religion – one; I do not want two. I know how your forefathers were converted. They had to be converted or killed; that was all. What can you do better than Mohammedanism, with all your bragging? 'We are the only one!' and why? 'Because we can kill others' " 42

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வேலூர் கஸ்பா பகுதியை சேர்ந்தவர் பூங்காவனம். இவருக்கு 5 மகள்கள். இவரது இரண்டாவது மகள் விஜயகுமாரி. இவர் மன அழுத்த நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு சிகிச்சை பெற்றிருந்தார். விஜயகுமாரி ஷீ கம்பெனியில் வேலைப் பார்த்து வந்துள்ளார். இவருடன் வேலை பார்த்த தோழியின் மூலம் சர்ச் தொடர்பு கிடைக்கப்பெற்று அடிக்கடி சர்ச் சென்றுவந்துள்ளார். இது அவரது அம்மாவிற்கு தெரியவந்த போது அவர்கள் விஜயகுமாரியை கண்டித்துள்ளார். இதன் பிறகு விஜயகுமாரி தன் வீட்டிற்கு தெரியாமல் போய்வருவதை வழக்கமாகிக் கொண்டுள்ளார். இந்நிலையில் கடந்த மார்ச் 12.03.2014 அன்று வேலைக்குச்செல்வதாக கூறிச் சென்ற விஜயகுமாரி வீடு திரும்பவில்லை. பல இடங்களில் தேடி அலைந்தபெற்றோர்கள் விஜயகுமாரிக்கு உள்ள சர்ச் தொடர்பால் அங்கும் சென்று விசாரித்துள்ளனர். அப்பொழுது சர்ச்சில் உள்ளவர்கள் விஜயகுமாரியை சென்னை தாம்பரம் பெந்தகோஸ்தே சபை சர்ச்க்கு அனுப்பியுள்ளோம், 2 நாட்கள் கழித்து வந்து விடுவார் என்று கூறியுள்ளனர். ஆனால் 13 நாட்கள் கழித்தே விஜயகுமாரி வேலூர் திரும்பியுள்ளார். வேலூர் வந்தபின்பும் சர்ச்சிலியே இருந்துள்ளார். குடும்பத்தினர் சென்று அழைத்தும் விஜயகுமாரி வர மறுத்துவிட்டார். சர்ச் நிர்வாகத்தினரும் அராஜகப்போக்குடன் விஜயகுமாரியை வீட்டிற்கு அனுப்ப மறுத்துவிட்டனர்.

இச்சூழ்நிலையில் விஜயகுமாரியின் பெற்றோர் காவல்நிலையத்தில் புகார் கொடுக்கச் சென்றுள்ளனர். அங்கு விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினரை அலட்சியப்படுத்தி அதே சமயத்தில் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை மிகவும் மரியாதையாக நடத்தி அவர்கள் சார்பாக காவல் துறையினர் பேசியதாகவும் விஜயகுமாரியின் சகோதரி நம்மிடையே கூறினார்கள். காவல்நிலையத்தில் விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினர் சொல்வதற்கு செவி மடுக்காமல் “விஜயகுமாரி மேஜர் ஆனதால் அவர்களுக்கு முடிவு எடுக்கும் உரிமை உள்ளது” என்ற பாதிரியின் வாதத்தை ஏற்று விஜயகுமாரியை மீண்டும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களுடன் அனுப்பி விட்டனர். இச்சம்பவம் அறிந்த இந்து முன்னணி கோட்ட பொறுப்பாளர் திரு. மகேஷ் காவல்நிலையம் வந்து விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினருக்காக வாதிட்டுள்ளார். பிரச்சினையை சமாளிக்கவேண்டும் என்பதற்காக புகார் மனு மீது பெண்ணை காணவில்லை என்று ஒரு வழக்கு பதிவு செய்து காவல்துறையினர் அனுப்பிவிட்டனர். போலீசாரின் இந்த நடவடிக்கையில் திருப்தி இல்லாததால் சர்ச் முற்றுகை போராட்டத்தை நடத்துவது என்ற முடிவுக்கு வந்தாக என்று திரு. மகேஷ் கூறினார்.

26.03.2014 அன்று இந்து முன்னணி அமைப்பினர், விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினருடன் சேர்ந்து சர்ச் முற்றுகை போராட்டம் நடத்தினர். பிரச்சினை தீவிரமடைவதை கண்ட காவல்துறை ஆய்வாளர், விஜயகுமாரியை 26.03.2014 மதியத்திற்குள் கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்துவதாக வாக்குறுதியளித்து போராட்டத்தை கைவிடுமாறு கேட்டுக்கொண்டுள்ளார். இப்போராட்டத்தின் போது பெந்தகோஸ்தே சர்ச்சின் ஊழியரான ஜேக்கப் “நீங்கள் என்ன போராட்டம் நடத்தினாலும், யாரிடம் சென்று புகார் கொடுத்தாலும் உங்களால் விஜயகுமாரியை இங்கிருந்து அழைத்து செல்ல முடியாது. இதே போல், இங்கு வந்த யாரும் இதுவரை திரும்பி சென்றதில்லை” என்று கூறி விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினரை பயமுறுத்தியதாக விஜயகுமாரியின் சகோதரி கூறினார்.

இதற்குள் விஜயகுமாரியை கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் சென்னைக்கு அனுப்பிவிட்டிருந்தனர். இதனால் காவல்துறையினரால் அவர்கள் கூறியபடி மதியத்திற்குள் கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்த முடியவில்லை. காவல்துறையினர் ஒரு குழுவை சென்னைக்கு அனுப்பி விஜயகுமாரியை வேலூருக்கு அழைத்து வந்து 26.03.2014 இரவு JM2 வது மாஜிஸ்ரேட் திரு.மும்மூர்த்தி அவர்களின் இல்லத்தில் ஆஜர்படுத்தினர். மாஜிஸ்ரேட் விஜயகுமாரியை அரசு காப்பகத்தில் வைத்து பாதுகாத்து 27.03.2014 அன்று கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்த உத்தரவிட்டார். ஆனால் விஜயகுமாரியை அரசு காப்பகத்திற்கு அனுப்பாமல் காவல்துறையினரின் உதவியுடன் கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் நீதிபதியின் உத்தரவையும் பொருட்படுத்தாமல் சர்ச்சுக்கே அழைத்துச் சென்றதாக என்று திரு. மகேஷ் கூறினார்.

27.03.2014 அன்று விஜயகுமாரி JM2 வது மாஜிஸ்டிரேட் திரு.மும்மூர்த்தி அவர்கள் முன்னிலையில் கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்தப்பட்டார். அப்போது அவர் முழுவதுமாக மதம் மாற்றப்பட்டதற்கு அடையாளமாக வெள்ளை சேலையில் கைகளில் பைபிளுடன் வந்தார். விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினர் புகார் மனு ஒன்றை தாக்கல் செய்திருந்தனர். அதில் விஜயகுமாரி மனநிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டு சிகிச்சை பெற்ற மருத்துவச் சான்றுகளை சமர்ப்பித்து, விஜயகுமாரியின் உடல் மற்றும் மன நிலை கருதி அவரை தங்களுடன் அனுப்ப வேண்டியதாக திரு. மகேஷ் கூறினார். நீதிபதி விஜயகுமாரியின் குடும்பத்தினர் கோரிக்கைகளை புறந்தள்ளி, விஜயகுமாரியிடம் நான்கைந்து கேள்விகள் கேட்டு விட்டு அப்பெண் மனநிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர் போல் தெரியவில்லை என்பதால் அப்பெண்ணின் முடிவே இறுதியானது என்று சொல்லி விஜயகுமாரியின் விருப்பதை கேட்டார். அதற்கு விஜயகுமாரி தான் மதம் மாறிவிட்டதாகவும் மீண்டும் தன் பெற்றோருடன் செல்ல விருப்பமில்லை என்று சொன்னவுடன் அதை விஜயகுமாரியின் விருப்பமாக பதிவு செய்துவிட்டு, குடும்பத்தினர் தரப்பு மனுவை தள்ளுபடி செய்தார்.

விஜயகுமாரியின் பெற்றோர்கள் விஜயகுமாரியின் காலில் விழுந்து கெஞ்சி கதறி அழுதும், கிறிஸ்தவ சர்ச்சுக்குச் செல்லும் முடிவில் விஜயகுமாரி பிடிவாதமாக இருந்தார் என்றார் விஜயகுமாரியின் சகோதரி. 

இப்படி, அப்பாவிப் பெண்களின் மனநிலையை பாதிப்படையச் செய்து, அதையே சாதகமாக்கி மதமாற்றும் செய்யும் அளவுக்கு இந்த கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் இறங்கியிருப்பது இந்த நாட்டிற்கும், நம் சமயத்திற்கும், பண்பாட்டிற்கும் பேராபத்தை விளைவிக்கும். எனவே மதமாற்றத் தடைச் சட்டத்தை அரசு விரைவில் இயற்றி, இந்தப் பேராபத்திலிருந்து இந்த நாட்டைக் காப்பாற்ற வேண்டும்.