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On the temple demolition, none of the usual voices was heard as if it is not a matter of concern to anyone. The other issue involves human relations being destroyed due to caste based hatred.

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But this was not accepted by the high caste Hindus, resulting in a stalemate, and the district collector, in the name of keeping the peace, ordered the festival discontinued.

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Is this the same Hindu dharma which was propounded by Swami Vivekananda and practised with great devotion by Babu Jagjivan Ram, who faced all sorts of discrimination but never once thought of leaving his ancestral dharma?

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