Association With The Hindu Munnani
Thanulinga Nadar was a devout Hindu. Even during the 1940s and 1950s, he bitterly differed with fellow Congressman from Kanyakumari district, A. Nesamony who was a Christian Nadar. The differences led to the birth of two different factions in the state in the early 1950s which required the intervention of K. Kamaraj, the then President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
When large-scale Christian conversions took place in Kanyakumari district, Thanulingam identified with the Hindu cause and strongly opposed the conversions.In the early 1980s, he joined the Hindu nationalist organisation Hindu Munnani and soon became its State President. The Hindu Munnani played an active role during the Mandaikkadu riots between the Hindus and Christians. Thanulingam was arrested along with other top Hindu Munnani leaders on February 12, 1983 as a pre-emptive measure to prevent Hindu-Christian clashes.
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