Among the struggles in Kerala for the right of travel, Vaikom Satyagraha was the most important. Explain.
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The Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924 was a major struggle in Kerala for the right to travel.
The Satyagraha was organised under the leadership of T.K.Madhavan for the right of lower caste Hindus to travel through the roads around the Vaikom temple.
Expressing solidarity with the Satyagraha, a procession (Savama Jatha) was organised from Vaikom to Trivandrum under the leadership of Mannath Padmanabhan and submitted a memorandom to the Maharaja of Travancore.
Following the Satyagraha, the lower caste . Hindus secured permission to travel through the roads around the Vaikom temple.