This unsympathetic man is apparently the 145th "Shankaracharya" of the Govardhan Mat in Puri, Orissa, India. In the first clip, he attacks the Hare Krishna (ISKCON) as a bunch of unclean LARP-ers, undesirables and interlopers. In the second, he defends the caste system (or strictly speaking the varna system, which the caste system grew out of).
Still, it *is* funny when he exposes the hypocrisy of those who "oppose caste" while having a class society of their own. For instance, the British, who still have a monarchy. Didn´t they make Victoria the Empress of India? Or the Muslims in the Indian sub-continent, who apparently have a de facto caste system. Or the Buddhists in Burma, who claim to be peaceful, but then create their own "kshatriyas" to fight the Muslims!
Browsing the YouTube channel of Govardhan Mat, I have to say that No 145 often comes across as a militant political agitator, apart from being a very "traditionalist" Hindu.
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