language did he know? He cannot sing in Sanskrit.…He says Tamilnadu is the land of Aryas." [92] Despite Periyar's views on Anti-Brahminism,several Brahmins today,notably Actor  Kamal Hassan [93]  are Periyar followers. Comparisons with Gandhi In the  Vaikom Satyagraha  of 1924, Periyar and Gandhi both cooperated and confronted each other in  socio-political  action.