Hindutva icon from Tamil Nadu and the founder leader of Hindu Munnani ‘Veera Thuravi’ Ramagopalan breathed his last on Wednesday (September 30) at around 4 PM.
He was admitted at the Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital in Porur on September 27 over complaints of breathlessness. He had tested positive for COVID19.
The nonagenarian had chronic ailments and had been frequenting the hospital over the last few months.
The last time he was seen making a public appearance was through a video to convey Vinayagar Chathurthi wishes in August. He had urged the Tamil Nadu government to allow for public display of Vinayagar idols during the Vinayagar Chathurthi celebrations this year.
Veera Thuravi (the Warrior Sage in English) has been in public life for more than 7 decades. He founded the Hindu Munnani in 1980 in light of the Meenakshipuram conversions where large number of villagers converted to Islam aided by Islamic organizations. Since then, Hindu Munnani has been working across villages in Tamil Nadu to prevent forced religious conversions.