Question

What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

Answer 1

• A temple entry movement was started by Dr B.R.Ambedkar in 1927.
• This temple entry movement saw participation of people from the Mahar Caste.
• Between 1927 and 1935, Dr B.R.Ambedkar led three temple entry movements.
• The objective of the temple entry movement led by Dr B.R.Ambedkar was to expose the caste prejudices that existed within Indian society.
• When Dalits used water from the temple tank, Brahman priests were outraged.
• Dr B.R.Ambedkar was born into a Mahar family.
• Ambedkar had faced caste discrimination right from his childhood.
• Ambedkar was not allowed to drink water from the taps that were used by upper caste children.
• After finishing his higher education in the US, Ambedkar returned to India in 1919 and extensively wrote about caste based discrimination in Indian society.
• Untouchables were treated as inferior human beings, they were not allowed entry inside the temples, they could not bathe in ponds used by upper caste people and they could not use the wells used by upper caste people.