Struggle for India’s lower-caste Hindu clergymans

For centuries in India, just individuals from the highest possible caste were enabled to come to be Hindu clergymans.

Marichamy was the initial from a caste less than the Brahmin caste to be commissioned as component of a state-sponsored program.

He wished to lead the way for others. But a claim and also worries of scare tactics have actually quit authorities from designating various other non-Brahmins as clergymans.

Produced by: Sindhuvasini Tripathi

Filmed by: Debalin Roy

Edited by: Kevin Kim