Kamakhya Temple and Mahatma Gandhi

[Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav]

Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav

Senior Gandhian Scholar, Professor, Editor and Linguist

Gandhi International Study and Research Institute, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

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Kamakhya Temple and Mahatma Gandhi

 

Gandhiji said he could not congratulate Gauhati Municipality on the condition of the Harijan quarters, which were unfit for human habitation. It was no use saying that Harijans were dirty people. It was up to the Municipality to educate them out of their dirty habits. It was all very well for them to state that the famous Kamakhya temple as well as several others had been flung open to Harijans. But they must not rest content until they had broken down the barrier which now divides Harijans from the rest of the community and brought the former in a line with the latter. It was with this spiritual aim in view that at the age of 64, when he might well claim to rest from his labours, he was wandering from place to place in order to deliver his message. It was impossible for him to be at peace so long as the monster of untouchability prevailed in our holy land.

 

Reference:

Harijan, 27-4-1934