Hindutva’s apparent religious liberalism hides a weaponized pantheon

Evidence

But if we look more closely at its oral and written texts, we find that the vaunted openness is actually and exclusively restricted to an accommodation of Hindu religious diversity alone (T.Basu et al. 1993, 12–55). If the Ram cult, with its firm base in North India, has been the dominant inspiration behind recent violent campaigns, the sacrality of other deities – Ganesh, Shiva, Kali, or Durga, for instance – is also fully acknowledged and kept in reserve for possible violent use. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1212

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sanatan dharma politically absorbs other religions to dominate rather than tolerate them — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 160; A manufactured external enemy masks and justifies internal caste inequality — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1194; Hindutva’s universal claim must annihilate whatever disrupts its completion — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1243 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Sanatan dharma politically absorbs other religions to dominate rather than tolerate them #expands (0.85) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 160