"""""dr karunanidhi and his leader periyar saved hinduism by achieving the entry of so called lower caste people into temples. they were not allowed into temples until 1940.
if it were not for leaders like periyar and karunanidhi,the lower castes would still not be allowed into temples. the entire population of lower castes would have become frustrated with hinduism and would have converted to other religions. periyar and karunanidhi gave shock treatment to hinduism and saved it.""""
you are bang on target dude. They are the ones who saved hinduism. Just ask one northie here if they even considered madurai meenakshi amman temple or other temples of the south to be holy? never. Thats a big never.
They would go head over heals with some islamic structure like monkey mahal or some qutib dump but never our south indian temples.
