Amidst a heated debate in Tamil Nadu over the significance of the Sengol gifted by the Thiruvaduthurai Mutt to the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, an article by DMK founder and late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister CN Annadurai is being circulated in a scathing critique And being read together. great interest.
In an article ‘Sengol, oru vendukol (the scepter, a request)’ published in Dravida Nadu On August 24, 1947, he questioned the motive behind the head of the mutt handing over the golden scepter to Nehru on the eve of independence.
“It is unexpected and unnecessary. It is not only unnecessary. If you think about the deeper meaning behind it, it will become clear that it is dangerous,” said Anna, who was still part of the Dravida Kazhagam and wrote the article The DMK was not formed when it was published.
Wondering whether it was a gift or donation or a share or fee for the licence, Anna, as he was known in Tamil Nadu, quipped, “We don’t know what Panditar (Pandit Nehru) has said about Sengol. Thought or letter to the Adhinakarthar (head of the monastery) may have been sent with Sengol.
He also had an advice for Nehru, who was well-versed in world history and “knew that the king and the group of nobles, who were fed by the labor of the subjects and had free access to the golden forts, were actually religion as their capital.
“You know they must get rid of it to make way for democracy to flourish. The heads of the monasteries, who fear you might try to implement what you have learned, will not only give a golden scepter, but also a scepter embedded in navaratnas To save myself, ”wrote Anna.
He said that the scepter was not a piece of iron that had been turned into gold by the power of a pinch of holy spirit, the way foxes were turned into horses by a sage (Manikavasagar). “He (the head of the monastery) has usurped the labor of others, and it is unfair to call it Sengol,” he alleged.
Anna also said that the head of the Math wanted to stay in Nehru’s good books, and through the present, he wanted to convey that he had a close relationship with the new government and wanted to keep the people under his influence. “All this gold is a part of the wealth of a saint who has renounced all worldly affairs. languishes,” he said.
The DMK founder said that if the government confiscates the property of the monastery and uses it to improve the living conditions of the people, the Sengol will not just remain an ornamental object but will uplift the lives of the people. He said, “Look closely at Sengol from time to time and listen carefully to the lessons it offers.”