User talk:Reghumangalya

I find from the discussions on Tipu Sultan that a lot of heated arguments had come up.Honestly,I feel that Tipu Sultan,like his father ,was not a person who wanted to free his country men from the English and does not deserve to be included in the category of freedom fighters of India at all.No doubt,he was a very courageous opponent of the British whom they feared and respected.But to worship him as a saint is something which deserves condemnation.He was a fanatic as far as his religious beliefs were concerned.His one standing promise to the people of Malabar was that he will bestow them with Islam.The sufferings of the Hindus and Christians in Malabar under him is the subject of folklores even now.He erased temples and churches indiscriminately and pushed on conversion to Islam as a major objective of his State.I was happy to note that he had given gifts to Hindu temples in Mysore state and was kind to the Sankaracharya who was disturbed by the actions of others.But his tolerance was only shown in Mysore in his country and not in the countries he attacked.Possibly the observation that his intolerance towards other religions was due to political considerations is correct.Reghumangalya (talk) 07:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Although he had not come south of the Alwaye river when attacking Travancore,temples in far off places like Suchindrum about 10 kms away from Cape Commorin,had dismantled the idols and hid them,so that they would not be defiled or destroyed.To say that he was a saint is really amazing and unwarranted.

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