Aryan Invasion Theory - Publication - Vivekananda Kendra

VIVEKANANDA KENDRA PATRIKA
has been invented through a sudden
upsurge of writings designed to
“discover” the existence of quasi-
Christianity in Tamil history prior to the
coming of the “Aryan” Brahmins. The
project is to co-opt Tamil culture,
language and literature and
systematically cleanse them of Hinduism.
Christian interpretations and substitutes
are being injected into the most
cherished symbols, artifacts and literary
works of Tamil Hindu culture.
The preposterous claim is that Tamil
classical literature originated in early
Christianity. The Tamil classical tradition
consists of two great components: an
ethical treatise called Thirukural
(abbreviated Kural, authored by the great
sage Thiruvalluvar), and a sophisticated
Vedanta philosophical system called
Saiva Siddhanta, which traces its origins
to the Vedas and was nurtured by many
Tamil savants over the centuries.
Dravidian Christianity appropriates both
these foundational works, attributing
them to Christian influence. To make this
credible, the pre-Christian date for Kural
has been replaced by more recent dates.
The narrative used is that St. Thomas,
the apostle, visited south India and taught
Christianity to the great sage,
Thiruvalluvar, who was inspired by
Christianity, but did not capture St.
Thomas’ message accurately. This is
often portrayed in recently published
paintings showing the sage sitting at the
feet of St. Thomas, taking notes. Sanskrit
is downgraded as a language created by
St. Thomas to spread the Christian
message to the uncivilized north Indian
races.
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ARYAN INVASION THEORY
The Indian church has periodically
announced archeological “discoveries”
to back the visit of St. Thomas to south
India, but none of them have been verified
by professional archeologists. Even the
famous Jesuit archeologist, Father
Heras, dismissed the so-called discovery
of Thomas’ tomb in Chennai.
Western churches send billions of dollars
to Tamil Nadu, the epicenter of the project
to harvest Indian souls. While the sheer
scale of intellectual fraud and prejudice
is breathtaking, the church’s political
clout has enabled it to permeate
university research, education,
museums, politics and film. The state
government is even supporting the
production of an epic feature film on St.
Thomas that will popularize this myth.
The Dravidian Christianity movement
has organized an entire series of
international conferences over the past
decade, where its scholars make
outlandish revisions to Indian religious
history. They claim that the Bhagavad
Gita, Tamil classics and even Sanskrit
originated after Christ and under the
influence of Christianity. The crackpot
Lemurian theory pops up as well. A 2005
conference in New York had the theme,
“International Conference on the History
of Early Christianity in India.” Senator
Hillary Clinton greeted it with the
message:
“I am confident that the breadth of
resources presented during the
conference will shed light on the impact
of Christianity on medieval and classical
India and its effects on the cultural and
political climate of India...”