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Aug 21, 2018, 05:59 PM | Updated 03:18 PM IST

Aravindan Neelakandan disputes the claim that the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> supports the caste system.

Aravindan Neelakandan disputes the claim that the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> supports the caste system.

The Indian epic Bhagavad Gita draws criticism from several quarters for apparently supporting and sanctifying the caste system.

But is there any truth to this claim?

Swarajya’s contributing editor Aravindan Neelakandan takes us through the relevant passages of the Bhagavad Gita to dispute this claim.

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