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@sandeep_PT Facts & our constitution clearly recognise Jain religion as an independent & distinct religion, it is not Hinduism.



We got the Minority status in 2014. History shows once upon a time our whole country & beyond Jainism was followed, we were a majority
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@sandeep_PT How did such a widely followed religion become a Minority? History says, extreme religious rivalry from our own brothers first - Shaiva/Vaishnava/Srivaiṣṇava/Veer Shaiva/Lingayat ousted Jains & Buddhists. Jains wr defeated in debates,killed,mass converted,temples burnt etc
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@sandeep_PT A peep into one of the major incidents of Impalement of Jains that's being debunked by you-know-who, however till today they celebrate their victory over Samanars, the Jains -
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Impalement of #jains in Madurai & around in 7-8th Century CE

This hidden piece of history is seen in paintings & sculptures in temples & literary sources in Tamil Nadu. Annual festivals are celebrated for victory against Samanars. Impalement sticks are found in some places.
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It occurred during the time of a Jain Pandya King & Shaivite monk Sambandar who converted him. His queen Mangayarkkarasiyar & minister Kulachirai Nayanar both were staunch Shaivites. Koon Pandiyan had ordered the impalement of 8000 #Jains.
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Although the legend is still debated, temples have customs, sculptures & paintings of the massacre. During the annual festival of Meenakshi temple, effigies were impaled on sticks & taken around as part of a ritual called Samanar Madam Adakkal. The ritual was stopped in 1974.
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