File:Thevar Jayanthi in Madurai, October 30, 2007, more distant.jpg
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So totally at random, I got suggested to check out festivities going on that day in Madurai and found myself in the middle of a boisterous and excited, but very peaceful political rally and celebration. Oct 30 marked Thevar jayanthi, a celebration of the birthday of U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, a renowned and revered political leader and activist of the '30s to '50s. Members of various groups of the All-India Forward Bloc and several current and senior political leaders of various parties marched, rallied and gathered to pay homage to him, focused on his statue. Groups climbed the stairs to lay large flower garlands around the statue's neck amidst great cheering and revelry. If you want to see India at its most celebratory (and often volatile, although celebrations this day were mostly peaceful), watching its political rallies are the way to do it. Everyone there was so thrilled to have me cheering with them (despite me not having a clue what it was about except knowing it was political due to the profusion of flags like a field of poppies) and taking photos, usually demanding (via even more loud cheering) pictures, often pulling me right from one group posing to theirs! |
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| Author | McKay Savage from Chennai, India |
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