தந்தை பெரியாரின் நெஞ்சில் தைத்திருந்த முள்ளை அகற்றும் கலைஞரின் கனவை நனவாக்கும்வண்ணம், அனைத்துச் சாதியினரும் அர்ச்சகராகலாம் என்ற அரசாணையின்கீழ்...

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin distributed government appointment orders to twenty-four trained archakars from all castes during a historic ceremony held at the Kapaleeswarar temple wedding hall in Mylapore, Chennai. Fulfilling the fifty-year dream conceived by Muthamizharignar M. Karunanidhi to remove the painful thorn lodged in the heart of social revolutionary Thanthai Periyar, the landmark event dismantled centuries-old hereditary caste monopolies over temple sanctum sanctorum priesthoods across major Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments shrines.

The newly appointed archakars completed rigorous formal training in government-run Agama schools, mastering Vedic recitations, ritual procedures, and temple worship protocols. Stalin noted that while anyone could become doctors, engineers, judges, or administrators through competence and training, the sacred priesthood had remained restricted to specific hereditary castes, institutionalizing spiritual discrimination. By deploying certified priests irrespective of caste, the government proved that ritual purity and devotional knowledge belong equally to all devout citizens.

Stalin historic initiative earned international praise from human rights advocates and progressive spiritual leaders. His decisive implementation of this transformative social reform established enduring spiritual equality, turning Tamil Nadu into an inspiring beacon of egalitarian democracy and constitutional justice.