Telangana Brahmins.
Brahmins in Telangana, like many other parts of India, belong to various sub-castes or gotras. Brahmin community is divided into several subgroups based on their ancestral family lineage & traditional occupations.
The society considered educated brahmin priests a high class. This fact created a large agrieved population.
Here are some of the prominent Brahmin sub-castes or gotras among Telangana brahmins
1. Niyogi Brahmins: Niyogi Brahmins are a predominant sub-group of Brahmins in Telangana. They are known for their association with temple rituals and priestly duties. Niyogi Brahmins are further divided into different gotras, including Vaidiki, Mulukanadu, Smartha, Velanadu, etc.
2. Vaidiki Brahmins: Vaidiki Brahmins, also known as Vedic Brahmins, are associated with Vedic rituals. They follow Yajur Veda and are involved in various religious ceremonies and practices.
3. Velanadu Brahmins: Velanadu Brahmins trace their origins to the historical region of Velanadu, which included parts of present-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They have their own set of customs, traditions, and rituals.
4. Mulukanadu Brahmins: Mulukanadu Brahmins have a distinct identity within the Brahmin community. They have their own set of rituals and practices & are known for their involvement in temple affairs and religious activities.
5. Dravida Brahmins: Dravida Brahmins are a subgroup of Telangana Brahmins They primarily follow the Tamil Brahmin customs and traditions & are associated with Tamil culture.
Most of the temples of Telangana, are administered by these brahmins. However recently in a short span, several temples have been vandalized by islamic miscreants. From destroying idols to burning century-old chariots, a lot has happened in the temples of Telangana.
Understand that recently there had beena few incidents in Telangana/AP, which should shook every average hindu’s mind.
1. On 27th September 2020, Gangadhara Nellore police station received the information about an attack on Shiva temple in Agara Mangalam village in Gangadhara Nellore Mandal of Chittoor district. As per the reports, the Nandi idol of the temple was vandalized, on the night of 26th and 27th September by some miscreants. The pieces of the idol were found scattered nearby pedestal
2. Some miscreants attached the Kasi Visweswara Swamy temple at Makkapeta village in Vatasvayi Mandal, Krishna district, on the night of 16th September. The attackers damaged a portion of the Nandi idol installed in the 12-century temple.
3. On 6th September, a century-old chariot was burnt down to ashes at Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Antarvedi
4. On 14th February 2020, the chariot of Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy temple in Nellore was burnt down by some miscreants in the wee hours.
5. On 21st January 2020, some miscreants damaged the idols of Hindu gods and goddesses and flex banners in Pithapuram city in East Godavari district.
The major reason of recent heinous attacks on temples, recently, is the consequence of jealousy & hate against the priestly class by the privileged sections of society i.e muslims.
These were not some isolated cases of crimes. Several similar attacks on hindu temples & hindu priests had taken place earlier also. There is a similarity of these acts with islamic invaders of medieval India.
Defacing Hindu deities have continued in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
However this story of attack on hindu temples is not a recent phenomenon.
Atrocities that were created by the Nawabs on their own hindu subjects, is a well known fact.
In his recent book, Essays on Islam and Indian History , a well-known historian Richard Eaton points out that of the sixty thousand-odd cases of temple destruction by Muslim rulers.
The Muslim rulers of Delhi Sultanate regularly attacked Telangana for plunder & loot of the Hindu temples.
The evidence of destruction of thousands of Hindu temples can be primarily found from two different sources:
1. Literary Evidence from the work of renowned Islamic historians
2. Epigraphic Evidence from the inscriptions on numerous Mosques all over India.
This article deals with only the literary evidence.
Hundreds of Muslim historians have glorified the deeds of their Muslim heroes all over India. This by no means is an exhaustive list. There is elaborate literary evidence from the Islamic sources which glorify the crimes committed by the muslim invaders in India. Crimes such as the desecration of the Hindu idols, looting of the temples, killing devotees and raping women, have been well documented by the Muslim historians themselves. They have done so because according to them these Muslim rulers by doing such deeds were following the tenets of Islam and Sunnah of the prophet Mohammed.
Brahmins were the first community, to be targetted, when Islam came to India. Because of their experience in Uzbekistan, Trurkmenistan and Afghanistan, where Buddhism was in sway earlier. They first massacred the Buddhist high class priests i.e monks to make the community, leaderless. Similary, in Iran, where Zoroastrians used to rule, they beheaded all the high priestly class.
When common people are deprived of a religious guide, i.e when priests are eliminated, then it is easy to convert the common masses, either with torture or with Jezia tax system. They adopted this time tested technique , however when they came to India, they got miserably failed, because of the tough resistance given to them by the united hindu communities.
As per United Nations directives population less then 2% should be considered as minority by every nation.
Brahmin communities, who faced several genocides, sponsored by Islam, are in fact the real minority in India as they comprise close to just 4% population of India, while muslims, who are given minority status, comprise 15% of total population. Constitution of India, permits reservations to several hindu communities, having population, more then 10 % on the name of SC, ST, OBC i.e marginalised communities. If hindu is one community,then why this discrimination. Don’t they think that the community, which faced maximum discrimination and faced attacks of foreign invaders and the community, which sacrificed maximum members and the community, which was uprooted many times, deserve reservations.
