Famous Kannada author and rationalist KS Bhagwan courted controversy by claiming that Valmiki’s Ramayana states Lord Ram would sit together with his spouse Sita and drink wine within the afternoon. Addressing an occasion in Karnataka’s Mandya on Friday, Bhagwan mentioned that Lord Rama “was not splendid” as he did not trouble about his spouse after sending her to the forest and chopped off the pinnacle of a Shudra who was sitting in penance beneath a tree.
“There may be discuss constructing a Rama Rajya…If one reads the Uttara Kanda of Valmiki’s Ramayana, it’s going to grow to be evident that (Lord) Ram was not splendid. He didn’t rule for 11,000 years, however just for 11 years,” ANI quoted KS Bhagawan as saying.
“Ram would sit with Sita within the afternoon and spend the remainder of the day ingesting…He despatched his spouse Sita into the forest and did not trouble about her…He chopped off the pinnacle of Shambuka, a Shudra, who was sitting in penance beneath a tree. How can he be splendid?” he reportedly mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time that Bhagwan made controversial remarks on Lord Ram. In 2019, he made related claims saying Lord Ram used to eat ‘intoxicants’ and made Sita additionally drink them. The rationalist has been the goal of right-wing teams resulting from his controversial statements and allegedly acquired loss of life menace after the homicide of Prof MM Kalburgi, a famous epigraphist of Kannada and Nationwide Sahitya Akademi Award winner.
“I need to say this to the individuals who killed Prof Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar, and at the moment are threatening to kill me: You possibly can assault us and tear us to items however our works will dwell on. They will kill me however that will not change my stand,” Bhagwan advised HT in 2015.
(With ANI inputs)