Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said the social reforms advocated by Ramanuja were close to the heart of the DMK government.
“In one of our reformist approaches, my government appointed archakas in temples from all castes and ensured equality for all in performing poojas in the sanctum sanctorum of the temples in Tamil Nadu,” he said in a letter to Tridandi Chinna Jeer Swamy, who had invited him for the consecration of Ramanuja idol at Hyderabad.
“I wish that Ramanuja’s voice of equality spreads across the country elegantly and emphatically. This symbol of ‘Statue of Equality’ is the need of the hour for the inclusive and progressive development of the nation as a whole.” I wholeheartedly wish the function a grand success and this “Statue of Equality” remains as the Symbol of National Integration,” he said.
