Bharat Mata

aspect of Durga

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In Durga: Bharat Mata
…in a nationalistic form called Bharat Mata. Her origins can be found in Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s British Raj-era novel Anandamath (1882), which popularized the notion of India as a mother goddess: Bharat (an ancient name for India still in use today) and mata (“mother”), identified as Durga. Anandamath,…
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