The recent Chennai Hindu Spiritual and Services Fair (held between January 30 to February 4) had 38 stalls (of the total 400), compared to 6 last year, displaying services done by caste groups. An unnoticed dimension of ‘caste’ indeed! Inaugurating the HSSF 2019, Vijayendra Saraswati, the 70th pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam said, the fair helps to showcase good things being done by Hindu society. How true! Under the Hindu Fair umbrella, many a caste tried to communicate the good things they are good at.
Voluntary services by caste groups range from giving aid to education and weddings, preserving ecology, keeping a language alive, assisting people along Kashi Piligrimage to distributing organic manure.
The Hindu society has been even – handed to all castes during temple festivals as well as during the harvest. In fact, the scheduled communities are given a notch above during these religio-social events.
https://www.vsktamilnadu.org/2019/02/cast-aside-your-notions-of-caste-for.html
