"We have no animosity against anyone. It is a fight to live in the land of one's birth. The fight is not to defeat or challenge anyone," Natesan said at a public meeting, marred by heavy rains here.
The yatra, aimed at finding a space in the bi-polar polity of Kerala, has already unnerved both the ruling Congress-led UDF and the opposition CPI(M) headed LDF.
Natesan, who has given hints that he would be launching a political party when the yatra, aimed at uniting members from Nayadi to Namboothiri communities and to strike a better deal for the majority community in Kerala, reaches Thiruvanathapuram, the state capital, on December 5.
However, the Nair Service Society, an organisation of the upper class Hindu community, has kept itself at a distance from SNDP's overtures for unity of the majority communities.
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Several Hindu mutt heads, including Pejawar mutt chief Visweswara Theertha, attended the public meeting.
BJP state president, V Muraleedharan, had earlier met Natesan and wished him all success for the yatra.
Attacking Natesan, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said in Thiruvananthapuram that the aim of the yatra was to create a division misusing the visions of social reformer Sree Narayana Guru who had propagated the message of 'one caste, one religion and one god for mankind'.
Kerala PCC President, V M Sudheeran, alleged that the rally's aim was to implement the RSS's communal agenda.
Sharpening his attack against Natesan, marxist veteran and opposition leader V S Achuthanandan alleged the SNDP leader would be donning the RSS uniform when the rally reaches Attingal, near Thiruvananthapuram and attain 'Jala samadhi' when he reaches the state capital.