Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?

[sayak83]

The Dravidians, Dalits and Untouchables have suffered grossly most in the Post-Vedic times. Their viewpoint needs to be appreciated. Please
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That is not what I asked.

 

[paarsurrey]

Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?

"The early Dravidian religion constituted a non-Vedic form of Hinduism in that they were either historically or are at present Āgamic. The Agamas are non-vedic in origin [1] and have been dated either as post-vedic texts [2] or as pre-vedic compositions.[3]The Agamas are a collection of Tamil and Sanskrit scriptures chiefly constituting the methods of temple construction and creation of murti, worship means of deities, philosophical doctrines, meditative practices, attainment of sixfold desires and four kinds of yoga.[4] The worship of tutelary deity, sacred flora and fauna in Hinduism is also recognized as a survival of the pre-Vedic Dravidian religion.[5]Dravidian linguistic influence on early Vedic religion is evident, many of these features are already present in the oldest known Indo-Aryan language, the language of the Rigveda (c. 1500 BCE), which also includes over a dozen words borrowed from Dravidian. The linguistic evidence for Dravidian impact grows increasingly strong as we move from the Samhitas down through the later Vedic works and into the classical post-Vedic literature.[6] This represents an early religious and cultural fusion[7][note 1] or synthesis[9] between ancient Dravidians and Indo-Aryans that went on to influence Indian civilization.[10][8][11][12]"
Dravidian folk religion - Wikipedia
So the Dravidians religion is distinctively different. Please
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[Kirran]

Hahaha, that was a hilarious exchange! @sayak83, take a couple deep breaths, maybe go for a walk

 

[sayak83]

Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?

"The early Dravidian religion constituted a non-Vedic form of Hinduism in that they were either historically or are at present Āgamic. The Agamas are non-vedic in origin [1] and have been dated either as post-vedic texts [2] or as pre-vedic compositions.[3]The Agamas are a collection of Tamil and Sanskrit scriptures chiefly constituting the methods of temple construction and creation of murti, worship means of deities, philosophical doctrines, meditative practices, attainment of sixfold desires and four kinds of yoga.[4] The worship of tutelary deity, sacred flora and fauna in Hinduism is also recognized as a survival of the pre-Vedic Dravidian religion.[5]Dravidian linguistic influence on early Vedic religion is evident, many of these features are already present in the oldest known Indo-Aryan language, the language of the Rigveda (c. 1500 BCE), which also includes over a dozen words borrowed from Dravidian. The linguistic evidence for Dravidian impact grows increasingly strong as we move from the Samhitas down through the later Vedic works and into the classical post-Vedic literature.[6] This represents an early religious and cultural fusion[7][note 1] or synthesis[9] between ancient Dravidians and Indo-Aryans that went on to influence Indian civilization.[10][8][11][12]"
Dravidian folk religion - Wikipedia

I require from you an explanation of what is it that you quote here that that is anything different from what I have said in my previous post.
Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?
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Firstly Aryans and Dravidians are racist terms unless they are used in the context of ancient history. Far far back there may have been two civilizations but they have merged and intermingled to create a joint civilization long time back. The current South Indian civilization has been a great center of Hindu (including Vedic, Agamic and Bhakti) and Jain religion and culture for more than two millenia. Given the destruction caused by the long Islamic dominance of the north, much of classical Hinduism and Jainism would have been lost without the immense contributions made by the people of South India.
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So the Dravidians religion is distinctively different. Please

False. The Dravidian religion has not been a distinctively different religion for at least 2600 years as Vedic and Agamic practices and scriptures have seamless intermingled together. Hinduism considers the Agamic literature as shruti as well as the Vedic ones. Atharveda contains explicit scripture on Siva, the primary form of God in Agama literature. Similarly the Agama-s acknowledge the Vedas explicitly. Your contention that somehow the Dravidian religion and culture has been suppressed has no support either in the Wikipedia article or in actual practice of Hinduism.

Do we have temples? Yes.
To we worship deities in statue (murti) form? Yes
Do we have deities, sacred flora and fauna and four kinds of yoga? Yes
Do we consider the Agamic literature as scripture? Yes
Are the Dravidian languages still the primary languages of the South? Yes

So how have the Dravidian language, culture and civilization been suppressed??!!
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[paarsurrey]

Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?

The Dravidians didn't own Veda or Vedic Religion as their scripture:

“Contrary to the popular belief, Shaivism is much older than Brahmanism and Jainism with its antecedents dating back to prehistoric times. The three shared some common beliefs such as reincarnation, karma, maya or delusion and existence of heavenly worlds. The concept of karma, maya and reincarnation were originally alien to Vedic religion and later integrated into it through Shaivism.”
History of Shaivism, Lord Shiva in Vedic Literature and Recorded History

Please
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[paarsurrey]

Do Dravidians own Veda as their religious scripture?

The Dravidians didn't own Veda or Vedic Religion as their scripture:

integration between Brahmanism and Saivism did not happen instantly.
History of Shaivism, Lord Shiva in Vedic Literature and Recorded History
Please
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