KALARAM TEMPLE................ENTRY MOVEMENT 191
and prohibited people coming from near the Kala Ram Temple. I do not know if this order contemplates the prevention of our Satyagrahis from sitting at the temple doors as they have been doing heretofore.
I most respectfully submit to Your Excellency that there is a chance (I use this word advisedly as I do not know the opinion of the Satyagraha Committee) of this order being respected only if the District Magistrate gives an assurance that the temple doors will remain closed during the period stated in his order and that the private door of the Priest will not remain open to the public.
As I have made clear in my last letter, the fight is between touchables and the Untouchables and I have no desire to bring the latter into the conflict with the Government.
I am anxious to have an interview with Your Excellency to discuss the situation personally and if Your Excellency is inclined to grant one I am available till 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Awaiting the favour of Your Excellency’s early reply,
I remain,
Your Excellency’s Most Obedient Servant,
Sd/- B. R. Ambedkar.” [1]
“ Win Freedom By Your Own Efforts”
Dr. Ambedkar’s Advice to Trichur People
Calicut, June 17, 1931.
Dr. Ambedkar of Bombay in the course of a letter to the organiser of the Temple Entry Satyagraha, Trichur, says “Would advise you not to depend upon Congress help. It won’t help you in this matter. Its help would not redound to your credit. Want our people win freedom by their own efforts.” [2]
1 : Khairmode, Vol. 3; Pp. 323-328.
2 : The Bombay Chronicle, dated 18th June 1931.