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According to historian Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, apart from rejecting caste, the original Matua philosophy as propounded by Harichand Thakur offered a powerful critique of the classical Vedic Hinduism by negating key ideas like Guruvaad, Avatarvaad, and the practice of worshipping multiple deities.
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