Caste and Untouchability in Indias Religious System

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Focusing on the challenges faced by untouchables in urban society, Adi-Hinduism emerged as a movement advocating for caste equality and the restoration of rights that higher castes had historically stripped away. Rather than emphasizing rural caste oppression, it addressed the ritual exclusion affecting untouchables, urging for their economic and social advancement. Adi-Hindu leaders argued that untouchables, once rulers of India, deserved recognition and rights that had been unjustly taken from them due to political manipulation and societal constraints.