'This Is Slanderous': Anand Ranganathan's Blunt Take On Supreme Court's Sabarimala Remarks

Anand Ranganathan delivers a sharp rebuke on the Supreme Court judge's remark equating the Sabarimala deity's celibacy-based restriction with untouchability calling it a ‘complete misreading and a slander.’ He points out that ‘out of 400 Lord Ayyappa temples in India, only this one has this restriction because the deity is celibate.’ He also argues that in Hinduism, menstruation is elevated to a form of purity and regeneration, citing the Kamakhya temple and asks why the same judicial yardstick is never applied to other religions.