Sadhguru: My vote is for those who will free Tamil Nadu's temples
Sadhguru garnered over 3 crore responses for his 'Free Tamil Nadu Temples' campaign both online and on-ground. In fact, at one point the campaign hashtag -- #PeopleHaveSpoken -- was the top trend on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
FollowHours before Tamil Nadu goes to vote, spiritual leader Sadhguru has made it clear his vote will be for the party that vows to free temples in the state from government control.
Sadhguru garnered over 3 crore responses for his 'Free Tamil Nadu Temples' campaign both online and on-ground. At one point, the campaign hashtag -- #PeopleHaveSpoken -- was the top trend on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Taking to Twitter, Sadhguru said: "My vote is for those who will reinstate my constitutional right and #FreeTNTemples."
Sadhguru's campaign has seen celebrities, industry leaders, media representatives and political leaders joining a growing number of citizens urging the government to end the discriminatory practice of managing Hindu spaces of worship.
The latest to join the campaign is actor Kajal Aggarwal, who posted: "It is heart-breaking, and I hope we will preserve our architecture, tradition and culture."
Taking his campaign directly to the political elite, Sadhguru has already written twice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami and Opposition Leader MK Stalin.
In his letters, he has called upon the leaders' to restore 'Dravidian Pride' and hand over temples to the masses, which are currently in a dilapidated state under government control.
For over a month, citizens have been flooding social media with videos and photographs of temples in various stages of ruin all over the state.
Many of these temples are centuries-old, some millennia-old. With overgrown weeds, crumbling walls and roofs, broken idols and sculptures, and garbage strewed around them; the temples narrate a heartrending tale of apathy and neglect.
