Social Thinker Iyothee Thass Pandithar

Abstract

Iyothee Thass Was South India’s first anti-caste militant, social worker, Tamil scholar and psychiatrist. He was one of the pioneers in the formation of Dravidian movement. He was active in the fields of politics, religion and literature for the betterment of the oppressed people. He advised Buddhism that the original religion of the Pariyars was Buddhism and therefore they should convert to Buddhism. Apart from Tamil, he is proficient is Sanskrit, Pali and English. Iyothee Thass, who throughout his life worked for the interests of the oppressed, was one of the foremost proponents of the Dravidian and ‘Tamil’ identities. He coined the term ‘Dravidian’ as a political term that was only used by those who were engaged in research on the Dravidian language family. Iyothee Thass is an astonishing researcher. It is time to strictly follow the practice of untouchability of caste on Dalit people. He was a pioneer for Periyar at the Tamil Nadu level and Ambedkar at the Indian level for policies such as rational reservation, social change, caste eradication and anti-Hinduism in higher caste iyothe Thass Pandit was the first create such a social change