As Malayalis gear up to perform the ‘bali tharpanam’ ritual for paying homage to their ancestors on Thursday, a senior CPI(M) leader on Wednesday put out a social media post elaborating the features of the traditional practice and urged voluntary service organisations to provide help to the devotees for the same.
The ruling party’s Kannur strongman P. Jayarajan, in the post on Facebook, said ‘bali’ ritual did not have any religious connections and it was purely related to the humans who were moulded in myths and the beliefs attached to it.
Humans might have various kinds of beliefs but some people are trying to “confine them in narrow communal compartments”, he said, adding that society should be vigilant about such trends.
