Mumbai is associated with the goddess, Mumba Devi. The idea of Bharat-mata, ... sanyasi rebellion against the British emerges once again in the novel Anand Mutt by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

The Governor of a State is bound by the advice of the government on, for example, the placing of photographs, portraits and ...

The Paradox of Bharat Mata and Everyday Mothers India’s nationalism is steeped in maternal symbolism. In 1882, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay penned Vande Mataram , reimagining the nation as a ...

So, in 1936, from Bengal, the land of Durga worshippers, came Anand Math, a novel in Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The novel laid a solid foundation for the cult of Bharat Mata.

A theocratic Hindu rashtra has always been the RSS’s aim and building on the stepping stones laid down by Bankim Chandra, it seems like the RSS is now using “Bharat Mata” as a dog whistle ...

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay first created the image. It was in the twentieth century that the identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata propelled by the ...

Independence Day. Vande Mataram: The Revolutionary Anthem Born From Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Vision Vande Mataram, Sujalam Sufalam, Malayaja Sheetalam, a song dedicated to Bharat Mata, are ...

Bharat Mata and Durga - In Maharashtra, Durga is better known as Bhavani, who inspired Chhatrapati Shivaji to fight oppression. In the song Vande Mataram composed by Bankim Chandra ...

Who is Bharat Mata? Is she the figure eulogised by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in “Vande Mataram” or the ascetic figure conjured up by Abanindranath Tagore in his painting, Bharat Mata?While Bankim’s ...

The recent controversy over the display of the image of Bharat Mata at a World Environment Day function ... and countless freedom fighters embraced it — from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee to Subhas ...