What The Canonization Of Tamil Christian Saint Devasahayam Pillai Means

On November 10, the Vatican announced that ‘Devasagayam’, who is said to have lived in the 18th century principality of Travancore, would be canonized. The media especially the ones in Tamil Nadu went berserk.

They praised the Vatican’s decision and proudly announced that Devasagayam is the first Indian to be canonized in history. Look at the respect Christianity has given to a Tamilian – was the central theme in almost all major stories. They also didn’t forget to mention that Vatican’s announcement is an award of recognition given for the sacrifice made by Devasagayam.

So, who is this Devasagayam Pillai? What was the motive behind his sudden canonization? What is the reason for the lifting of the Nair identity of the Devasagayam when it is said that there is no caste in Christianity? We met Bala Gautaman, a historian and director of the Center for Vedic Scientific Research, with many such questions. He says there are some things we need to know before analyzing the matter of Devasagayam in detail. An award is a recognition given to a person who has done a particular deed. For example, for our country, soldiers who exhibit great valour on the battlefield are given awards like Veer Chakra and Bharat Ratna for being the best citizen. Similarly, there are reasons behind the titles given by the Vatican.

The Vatican is not a holy place like Kasi or Rameswaram as most people think. It is a political capital. Its head-of-state is the pope. Their political ideology is ‘Christianity’. The Vatican is trying to bring its other countries under its control by spreading this ideology. Christian missionaries are their soldiers who are currently working to spread Christianity. But a few centuries ago, the Vatican used military force to bring many European nations under the control of Christendom. Many countries today remain Christian as a result of the war waged by the Vatican’s sectarian army. The Vatican still controls those countries. But when it comes to war, casualties happen on both sides right? Thus, in honor of veterans who have served in the Vatican’s Army, the title given by the Vatican Government is ‘Venerable’!

That is, the Vatican is a government. Venerable is the title that honors those who fought and sacrificed in support of the Vatican government without loyalty to their own government! War here does not simply mean fighting with the sword. It refers to all the tricks done to destroy other native religions and cultures. This has been menioned by the famous second century pastor Tertullian himself. As Tertullian’s view is accepted by “Pope John Paul II” and he too recogonizes “martyr of the Vatican”.

The Vatican conferred the title of “Venerable” in 2012 in anticipation of the canonization of the character “Devasagayam”. What does this mean? Devasagayam was not loyal to India but to the Vatican. Just like how Islamic movements celebrate the traitors responsible for the Coimbatore bombings as martyrs and honor them with the title of ‘Ghazi’.

Now, let’s look at how Devasagayam has been given the title of Saint.

Pope John Paul II when he arrived in India in 1999 had said that the Church took root in Europe in the first millennium, in Africa and in the Americas in the second millenium.

“May the third Christian millennium witness a great harvest of faith on this vast and vital continent”, he said back then.

India is the most important country in Asia India has been a Hindu country for about 500 years of Islamic rule and the next 200 years of British rule. Most Southeast Asian countries follow Indian culture. So, if you want to catch Asia, you have to catch India.

And how to capture India? That is why the Vatican has taken up the weapon of the title of ‘Saint’.

The Vatican’s plan is to find someone in any of the countries they think should be converted and give them the title of ‘saint’.

During the colonial period, Christian missionaries wrote and spread false adventure stories to spread Christianity among the local people. This has been done in many countries since India. There is even a template for these adventure stories. The villains are the native people. They will be portrayed as savages, worshipers of Satan, and oppressors of the poor. Later it was written that the hero of the story spread Christianity and upheld social justice and that some local miscreants who did not like it killed the Christian hero.

When the locals hear this story, they feel a hatred for themselves. There will be hatred over their culture. It also gives the impression that Christianity has elevated their status. Utilizing this, Christian missionaries create a cult similar to that of Sai Baba around the hero of their story.

If the cult has become very popular among the locals, they will declare the title of sainthood. By the time the cult would have become popular among Hindus too. Even if the canonization is announced, the title will be given only after a year of dragging. Do you know why? Until then, they will keep on talking about that person. The plan is to spread the story of anti-indigenous people across the country and to make the respective people hate their culture and support Christianity.

That is what they are currently doing in the matter of ‘Devasagayam’.Christian adventure stories in general can be divided into two types. One is a false story written with a real character. Second is fake story written with a second fake character! The story of Devasagayam is an example of the second type.! Let us first find out what is mentioned on the website owned by the Christian Churches about Devasagayam.

Devasagayam Pillai was born in 1712 in a Nair family. His real name was Neelakanda Pillai. He was in government service in the princely state of the Maharaja of Travancore. In 1741, the Dutch lost to Travancaore King Marthanda Varma in the Battle of Colachel. Eustachius De Lannoy’, commander of the Dutch forces, joined Marthanda Varma as commander-in-chief. Neelakanda Pillai got the friendship of Dutch commander Eustachius De Lannoy’ . Through him Neelakanda Pillai was inspired by Christianity. Later, in 1745, he converted to Christianity and changed his name to Devasagayam Pillai through a pastor named ‘Pellatari’ from Vadakkankulam.

Devasagayam Pillai, who converted to Christianity, was accustomed to all sections of the society irrespective of caste. He converted the people by ‘understanding the superiority of Christianity’. This was not to the liking of the dominant castes of Nair and Namboodiri. Thus, Devasagayam was reported to the king of Travancore. He was subsequently arrested in 1749. The Church states that he suffered torture by the king of Travancore while in prison. And it was during that time that ‘many miracles were performed by the grace of Jesus’. He was eventually shot by the king’s soldiers on Kattthadi Hill near Aralvaymozhi.

This is the story concocted by Christian missionaries. Take a good look at this story. Does the template of the Christian adventure story fit in perfectly? However, historians say that such a story never really happened in history.

Renowned Kerala historian A. Sridhara Menon in an interview to the Pioneer magazine said that the story is a completely fabricated fantasy.

President of the Indian Institute of Historical Studies (ICHR) Mr. MGS Narayanan, argues that there was never an army commander under Marthandavarma by name of Devasagayam.

Mr. Nagam Aiya, who wrote the history of Travancore said “It is unbelievable that converts in the country have a habit of portraying their ancestors as priests custom; It is on that basis that this story was conceived.” This has been mentioned in Travancore Manual Vol II page 129-130, M.Nagam Aiya.

Not only that. Christian missionaries say that Devasagayam had a wife named Bhargavi who had a child and that she too had converted to Christianity. If you visit the tomb of that Bhargavi today, not all the Tamil characters written on it are ancient characters. That means everything is freshly made half-set!Whichever Marthanda Varma king is blamed for killing Devasakaya’s child for converting to another religion, that king is the one who allotted the land tax free to Varapuzha Church (Travancore Manual, Vol-I page 16, T.K.Veluppillai). So, there is no evidence that Devasagayam Pillai lived in Travancore. There is also no evidence that the king of Travancore was a Hindu fanatic. King Marthanda Varma built a church in Udayagiri fort for the same De Lannoy and paid 100 rupees a month to the priest who worked in that church! (Travancore Manual, Vol-I page 16, T.K.Veluppillai).

But the Vatican does not care about that. The Vatican has so far canonized many. Today Devasagayam has been canonized and Hindus will be converted to create unrest between communities.

This article was originally published in Mission Kaali and has been republished here with permission after making suitable edits.

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