Thiruvarpu satyagraha: A temple entry movement

The political and social atmosphere in Kerala in the 1920s grew tense as people sought ways to overcome the social stigma of untouchability. All these agitations were targeted to achieve temple entry and open the approach roads to temples to the avarnas. These agitations gave new magnitudes of social change, resulting in low-caste mobilization. Thiruvarpu Satyagraha is one such struggle with the aim of unrestricted travel along the temple roads of Thiruvarpu. The Thiruvarpu temple became a focal point of the Satyagraha to eradicate humiliating social practices and customs.