![]() It is unfortunate and condemnable that Dinamani has given a platform to a disgraceful person. He said in a tweet, “What Vairamuthu has said is poisonous. ![]() ![]() On Tuesday, BJP leader H Raja used the Devadasi reference in Vairamuthu’s speech to launch an attack on him and Dinamani. In the course of his speech, Vairamuthu cited the research of an American scholar who said that Andal belonged to the Devadasi community and had lived and died at the Srirangam temple in Tiruchirappalli. Vairamuthu had delivered the speech last week during a discussion on Andal at the Srivilliputhur Andal Temple. The publication is battling criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindutva groups in Tamil Nadu after it published a speech last week by acclaimed Tamil poet Vairamuthu on the seventh century mystic poet, Andal. On Wednesday evening, a small group of policemen stood outside the Chennai head office of Dinamani, a widely circulated Tamil newspaper. ![]() In his speech, the poet cited a study by an American scholar that referred to Andal as a Devadasi. ![]()
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