“This is the first time I was stopped at the temple. Zakir Hussain said he had offered prayers at the Ranganatha Swamy temple in Srirangam many times before and had even performed Bharatanatyam inside the temple premises in the past.
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So far none had stopped me stepping into any temple because every temple authority knows me I am a follower of Vaishnava dharma.” For a long time, I am dancing Hindu stories in Bharatnatyam. I learned Bharatnatyam since my childhood in this temple. “I have been visiting this temple since the age of three. He is a great devotee of Lord Perumal (Vishnu) the deity at the Srirangam temple and I started offering prayers under his influence.” Hussain reportedly told the media “I am born to Muslim parents and my father’s elder brother married Alamelu Manga from Hindu Naidu community. He had offered numerous gold ornaments to Vaishnava temples to show his love towards Lord Vishnu. Zakir Hussain lives his life as a Vaishanavite for the past 30 years.
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Rangarajan Narasimhan, who is named in the FIR by Hussain is an activist based at Srirangam fighting to free temples across Tamil Nadu from government control. “When I went to offer prayers, one Rangarajan Narasimhan started shouting at me, get out from here and if you come again, we will kill you.”
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In his First Information Report, the dancer reportedly said after coming out from Rajiv Gandhi hospital where he was admitted for high blood pressure and other symptoms for a few days, he went to offer payers where he was manhandled by few people in the presence of the other devotees.
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Zakir Hussain who is the recipient of Kalaimamani award is a well-known Bharatnatyam dancer in Tamil Nadu. Ranganatha Swamy temple is one of the important temples of the Vaishnavite tradition in Tamil Nadu and attracts devotees from across the country. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on EmailĬhennai, December 12, 2021: Tamil Nadu’s celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer Zakir Hussain was insulted and abused inside the premises of Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple in Srirangam near Tiruchirappalli, by some self-styled custodian of Santan Dharma on Friday.