 The pride of Tamil Nadu, the pride of this Dravidian culture and the core and the center of Tamil philosophy, Tamil literature, Tamil music, Tamil dance, Tamil everything. The very core of everything is the temple. But now temples have been decimated into very lifeless places. Thousands of them are falling apart. Apart from that, those who are reasonably well, their liveliness is gone, they are being run by government diktat, not by the cultural strength and the traditional sciences which were involved in building these temples. My vote is only for those who will once again revive this Dravidian pride by liberating these temples from the government clutches once again back into the hands of Tamil devotees. The core of Dravidian culture, the soul of Tamil people must come back into their hands so that once again it can be a vibrant, transformative process for the people here. My vote is for them. I beseech every one of you, every citizen in Tamil Nadu that you must stand up for this. Without devotion, without the heart of the devotee, there is no temple. Temples have become monuments. Managed by archaeological agencies, this is not the way to maintain the temple. Temples have to be alive. For this, the heart of the devotee is very important. And on this day, over three crore Tamils have spoken. I beseech the political parties to take this commitment and I beseech all the citizens, responsible citizens of Tamil Nadu to take this stance that Tamil temples should be liberated to once again grow back to their original glory.