Highlights 1 Hundreds of cops were stationed in Royapettah2 But TPDK volunteers released the pigs on the road anyway3 Police detained the protesters and seized the pigsA pro-Dravidian group brought Chennai's Royapettah to a standstill by attempting to make pigs wear holy threads on the road. Volunteers of Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (TPDK) brought four pigs near the AIADMK headquarters and tried to make them wear holy threads as a protest against Brahminical ideology and casteism. They named this festival "adorning poonool (holy thread) to pig", on the day of Aavani Aavitam, a day Brahmins consider sacred. TPDK cadres said that by wearing the 'poonool,' Brahmins consider themselves to be superior, and that attempts were made to make pigs wear them to break this thought process. Even though hundreds of cops were stationed in Royapettah, TPDK volunteers released the pigs on the road, frightening the commuters.

Source: India Today August 07, 2017 07:18 UTC