Mr. Ramaswamy Naicker was a rationalist? Well, here is my way of looking at his approach for problems. If he was a person against superstitions, why just limit it to brahmin cult?? Well muslims grow beard? Did Mr. Naicker had guts to question them?? There were incidents were brahmin sacred threats were cut - did their men dare to do that against christians wearing a cross?? Periyar was against brahminism - not against brahmins is like saying ABC Political party is not against communists but against communism - Changed phrases still mean the samething unless the reader is dumb with respect to english