Hindu Activists: Sadhvi Rithambara, Rani Gaidinliu, Surya Deo Sharma, Swami Omanand Sarswati, Garib Das, Swami Ramanand Tirtha

Chapters: Sadhvi Rithambara, Rani Gaidinliu, Surya Deo Sharma, Swami Omanand Sarswati, Garib Das, Swami Ramanand Tirtha, Yogendra Duraiswamy, Ganga Das, Swami Indravesh, Leelawathy Ramanathan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sadhvi Rithambara (Hindi: IAST: also transliterated as Ritambhara, Rithambhara or Rithambra) is a Hindu political activist, member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. She was the founding chairperson of Durga Vahini (Army of Durga), the women's wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. She is particularly known for her incendiary anti-Muslim oratory. She is an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Not much is known about Rithambara's life-story, as she is mainly known through her speeches. Rithambara hails from a rural, poor and lower-caste Punjabi farming family. At the age of 16 she is said to have attained nirvana when her village was visited by Swami Parmanand. She became his disciple and followed him to his ashram in Haridwar and in tours across India, while gaining lessons in oratory. She also adopted the title of Sadhvi (ascetic). Rithambara entered public life and the Sangh Parivar as a trainee and member of the Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, which is the women's arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), but gained prominence as a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Sadhvi Rithambara was one of the leaders who incited right-wing Hindu activists to demolish the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. During the movement, she was known to have called for a khoon-kharaba (bad blood) to settle scores with the minority community. She was one of the three key women leaders of the movement, the other two being Uma Bharati and Vijayaraje Scindia; their leadership was largely responsible for the inv...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=13660243