Baahubali - The story of the Satvahanas - The men who brought Varna system to South India
I write this article after I read a post in one of my facebook groups. The group is called Ponniyin Selvan , named after the greatest Tamil historical fiction written in modern times. The beginning: I saw Baahubali 2 a few days ago. One of the scenes in the movie disturbed me. When Ballala is crowned the king of Mahishmati (Magizhmathi in Tamil version) , various wings in his army offer their salutations. In this scene and in the first movie too, Kattappa is introduced as "Karikala" Kattappa (in both Tamil and Telugu versions), a slave to the kingdom who bows to the feet of the Ballala. Now, anyone familiar with Tamil history will know that Karikalan (lived in the 2nd century) was one of the greatest Tamil kings. He built a dam across Cauvery that the British called the Grand anaicut because it was superior in technic to other dams from the period. Now, naming a slave Karikalan and making him bow hurt me very badly. However, I just let it go then until...