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Were Nandhanar and Thiruppaanazhwar martyrs?

Thamizh Saivite and Vaishnavite believers of the Christ were murdered by the caste-dominant Brahmins and their two allies Kshathriyas and Vaishyas in the early days of Christianity.

Seventh century AD. “Arya vartha” was established by the Jewish Aryans spanning a significant portion of the India subcontinent by subduing the local rulers using their Manu Dharmasastra, even treacherously murdering some like (1) Emperor Harsha (Arasan) of the Vardhana dynasty (a Vaishya, the third class in the society), (2) Nandhanar, the Saivite leader and the last at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu (his death attributed to ritual purification as he was a dalit, an untouchable and a Shudra - Gopalakrishna Bharati's 19th century retelling of the saint's life expands on an original narrative adding elements of oppression of the Dalit saint by ‘higher’ castes) and (3) Thiruppaanazhvar, the Vishnavite leader and the 11th Azhvar (his death attributed to him having merged with the deity (undisclosed end) as he was an untouchable and a dalit among the 12 Azhvars) at Srirangam in Tamil Nadu. Jewish Aryans also used their women as baits to trap the feudal rulers of the time by training the girls of the house in singing and dancing. (Recollect how Abraham used this means to earn security and favour of the Egyptian Pharaoh and Abimalech). Thamizhar Panchamar who defied the Jewish Aryans, escaped to the mountains but were mercilessly murdered, the event being called “kugai idi kalagam”.
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