Non-Brahmin Religious Movements

The Brahmins have traditionally had a monopoly on Hindu religious authority, but occasionally religious movements emerge that challenge Brahminism. Such movements are becoming popular throughout our nation in spite of Brahmin efforts to suppress them. Exponents of popular religion argue that the Brahmins have wiped off the sacred marks from their foreheads and eschewed their spiritual responsibilities in order to occupy seats of temporal power and mete out injustice to the poor. They declare that selfless devotion is the only path to salvation, a virtue that can be attained by any sufficiently fervent Hindu.\n\nA group of influential Brahmins have approached the our ruler pleading for their aid in restoring public confidence in Brahmin authority and suppressing non-Brahmin Hindu movements.