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Apr 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers' Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune.
It was a lighting flame of the non-Brahmin movement in Western India. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights
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and political access for underprivileged groups, focused especially on women, peasants, and Dalits.
The Samaj argues that priestly dominance is not an inherent trait; rather, the varnas were manufactured in a strategic move meant to establish and protect priestly social standing.