Q.3. Mahars Movement
The Mahar movement under the leadership of Ambedkar abandons Hinduism altogether and embraced Buddhism. The Mahars formed an important section of the scheduled castes of Maharashtra of the population. They served as village watchmen, messengers and removers of cattle carcasses.
They occupied a low position in the caste and occupational hierarchy and as such suffered from many religious, economic, educational and political disabilities. Thus the ideology of the Mahar movement reflects a total rejection of the religion of the caste Hindus, which was identified with hierarchy and inequality.
Mahars now belong to a religion that stands for egalitarian values and hence they are superior to the caste Hindus. This is another strategy to gain self-respect and esteem on the one hand and to protest against the religion of the upper castes on the other.
The civil rights ideology based on democracy, motivated the Backward Classes to evolve campaigns to fight for equality in educational, economic and political opportunities. They also incorporated the religious-cultural ideology in this approach in seeking to gain self-respect and honor.
The protest ideologies of the Mahas movements reveal four organizing principals:
• Reinterpretation of myths of origin or of one's own religion.
• Rejection of Hinduism and Aryan religion and culture
• Civil rights
• Class conflict
Q.3. Mahars MovementThe Mahar movement under the leadership of Ambedkar abandons Hinduism altogether and embraced Buddhism. The Mahars formed an important section of the scheduled castes of Maharashtra of the population. They served as village watchmen, messengers and removers of cattle carcasses. They occupied a low position in the caste and occupational hierarchy and as such suffered from many religious, economic, educational and political disabilities. Thus the ideology of the Mahar movement reflects a total rejection of the religion of the caste Hindus, which was identified with hierarchy and inequality. Mahars now belong to a religion that stands for egalitarian values and hence they are superior to the caste Hindus. This is another strategy to gain self-respect and esteem on the one hand and to protest against the religion of the upper castes on the other. The civil rights ideology based on democracy, motivated the Backward Classes to evolve campaigns to fight for equality in educational, economic and political opportunities. They also incorporated the religious-cultural ideology in this approach in seeking to gain self-respect and honor. The protest ideologies of the Mahas movements reveal four organizing principals: • Reinterpretation of myths of origin or of one's own religion. • Rejection of Hinduism and Aryan religion and culture • Civil rights • Class conflict
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