17.socio religious movement

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SOCIO-RELIGIOUSSOCIO-RELIGIOUS

MOVEMENTMOVEMENTBY:TARUN PRATAPBY:TARUN PRATAP


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RELEVANCERELEVANCE

ALL THE SOCIAL RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF THE 19 ALL THE SOCIAL RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF THE 19THTH AND THE 20 TH AND THE 20 THCENTURY WORKED TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF THE CATECENTURY WORKED TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF THE CATESYSTEM AND TO SOME EXTENT HUMAN SACRIFICE.THEY ALSOSYSTEM AND TO SOME EXTENT HUMAN SACRIFICE.THEY ALSOWORKED FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE WEAKER SECTION OF THEWORKED FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE WEAKER SECTION OF THESOCIETY.SOCIETY.

THE CONTEMPORARAY SYSTEM OF THE RELIGION ADHERED TO BYTHE CONTEMPORARAY SYSTEM OF THE RELIGION ADHERED TO BY

THE HINDUSIS NOT WELL CALCULATED TO PROMOTE THEIRTHE HINDUSIS NOT WELL CALCULATED TO PROMOTE THEIRPLOITICAL INTEREST.THE DISTINCTION OF CASTE INTRODUCINGPLOITICAL INTEREST.THE DISTINCTION OF CASTE INTRODUCINGTHE INNUMERABLE DIVISIONS AND SUB-DIVISIONS AMONG THEMTHE INNUMERABLE DIVISIONS AND SUB-DIVISIONS AMONG THEMHAS ENTIRELY DEPRIVED THEM OF PATRIOTIC FEELING AND THEHAS ENTIRELY DEPRIVED THEM OF PATRIOTIC FEELING AND THEMULTITUDE OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES AND THEMULTITUDE OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES AND THELAWAS OF PURIFICATION HAVE TOTALLY DIS!UALIFIED THEM FROMLAWAS OF PURIFICATION HAVE TOTALLY DIS!UALIFIED THEM FROMUNDERTAKING ANY DIFFICULT ENTERPRISE.UNDERTAKING ANY DIFFICULT ENTERPRISE.

SO IT BECOMES NECESSARY THAT SOME CHANGE SHOULD OCCURSO IT BECOMES NECESSARY THAT SOME CHANGE SHOULD OCCURFOR THE SAKE OF POLITICAL ADVANTAGE AND SOCIAL COMFORTFOR THE SAKE OF POLITICAL ADVANTAGE AND SOCIAL COMFORT AND THAT CHANGE WAS PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL REFORM AND THAT CHANGE WAS PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL REFORMMOVEMENTS OF THE 19MOVEMENTS OF THE 19THTH CENTURY.CENTURY.


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RELIGION WAS THE DOMINENT IDELOGY OF THECONTEMPORARYRELIGION WAS THE DOMINENT IDELOGY OF THECONTEMPORARYTIMES AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO UNDERTAKE ANY SOCIALTIMES AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO UNDERTAKE ANY SOCIAL ACTION WITHOUT COMONG TO GRIP WITH IT. ACTION WITHOUT COMONG TO GRIP WITH IT.

SO THE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORMERS CHALLENGED THESO THE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORMERS CHALLENGED THEINFALLIBILTY OF THE VEDAS AND THE RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN ISLAM.INFALLIBILTY OF THE VEDAS AND THE RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN ISLAM.

THE PERSPECTIVE OF REFORM WERE NOT ALWAYS INFLUENCED BYTHE PERSPECTIVE OF REFORM WERE NOT ALWAYS INFLUENCED BY

THE RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS.A RATIONAL AND THE SECULARTHE RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS.A RATIONAL AND THE SECULAROUTLOOK WAS VERY MUCH EVIDENT IN POSING AN ALTERNATIVEOUTLOOK WAS VERY MUCH EVIDENT IN POSING AN ALTERNATIVETO PREVELANT SOCIAL PRACTISES.TO PREVELANT SOCIAL PRACTISES.

IN ADVOCATING THE WIDOW REMARRAIGE AND OPPOSING THEIN ADVOCATING THE WIDOW REMARRAIGE AND OPPOSING THEPOLYGAMY AND CHILD MARRIAGE AKSHAY KUMAR DUTT WAS NOTPOLYGAMY AND CHILD MARRIAGE AKSHAY KUMAR DUTT WAS NOTCONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS SANCTION OR WHETHERCONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIGIOUS SANCTION OR WHETHERTHEIR EFFECTS ON SOCIETY.INSTEAD ON DEPENDING ON THETHEIR EFFECTS ON SOCIETY.INSTEAD ON DEPENDING ON THE

SCRIPTURESHE EXECUTED MEDICAL OPINION ABOUT MARRIAGESCRIPTURESHE EXECUTED MEDICAL OPINION ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. AND FAMILY.


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THE SOCIAL REFORMS WERE UNIVERSALISTIC INTHE SOCIAL REFORMS WERE UNIVERSALISTIC INNATURE WHICH GENERATED THE FEELING OFNATURE WHICH GENERATED THE FEELING OFNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD."WHOSOEVERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD."WHOSOEVERWORSHIP THE TRUE GOD DAILY MUST LEARN TOWORSHIP THE TRUE GOD DAILY MUST LEARN TO

ENCOURAGE ALL HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN ASENCOURAGE ALL HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN ASBRETHREN#BRETHREN#

CASTE WOULD VANISH IN SUCH A SOCIETY .CASTE WOULD VANISH IN SUCH A SOCIETY .

THE REFORMERS BELIEVED IN THE UNITARISMTHE REFORMERS BELIEVED IN THE UNITARISM

AND MONOTHEINSIF THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIE AND MONOTHEINSIF THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIEGOD IS ONE AND THAT GREETED US ALL THANGOD IS ONE AND THAT GREETED US ALL THANHINDUSMUSLIMSPARSEESSIKHS ETC MUST BEHINDUSMUSLIMSPARSEESSIKHS ETC MUST BECONSIDERED AS BRETHREN.CONSIDERED AS BRETHREN.


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IN THE RELIGIOUS SPHERE THE REFORMS SOUGHT TO ABOLISHIN THE RELIGIOUS SPHERE THE REFORMS SOUGHT TO ABOLISHIDOLATORYPOLYTHEISM RITUALSPRIESTLY MONOPLY.THEY WEREIDOLATORYPOLYTHEISM RITUALSPRIESTLY MONOPLY.THEY WEREIMPORTANT NOT FOR PURELY RELIGIOUS REASONS BUT E!UALLY FOR THEIMPORTANT NOT FOR PURELY RELIGIOUS REASONS BUT E!UALLY FOR THESOCIAL IMPLICATIONS.SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THETHEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THECONFORMITY BORN OUT OF FEAR FROM THE PRIESTS AND COLONIALCONFORMITY BORN OUT OF FEAR FROM THE PRIESTS AND COLONIALIDEOLOGY.IDEOLOGY.

THE DISSEMINATION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TRANSLATIONTHE DISSEMINATION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TRANSLATIONOF RELIGIOUS OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS INTO VERNACULAR LANGUAGES LEDOF RELIGIOUS OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS INTO VERNACULAR LANGUAGES LEDTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSWHICH PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSWHICH PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE INTHE POPULARI$ATION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT.THE POPULARI$ATION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

FACED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF THE INTRUSION OF THE COLONIALFACED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF THE INTRUSION OF THE COLONIALCULTURE AND IDEOLOGYAN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RE-INVIGORATECULTURE AND IDEOLOGYAN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RE-INVIGORATETARDITIONAL CULTUREAND INSTITUTIONS IN THE 19TARDITIONAL CULTUREAND INSTITUTIONS IN THE 19THTH CENTURY.CENTURY.

THE INTRUSIONS IN THE CULTURAL REALM WERE MORE INTENSIVELY FELTTHE INTRUSIONS IN THE CULTURAL REALM WERE MORE INTENSIVELY FELT AND THE PEOPLE SLOWLY AND STEADLY STARTED KNOWING THAT THE AND THE PEOPLE SLOWLY AND STEADLY STARTED KNOWING THAT THECOLONIAL RULE WAS NOT SUPERIOR TO THEM AND THE BRITISHERS WERECOLONIAL RULE WAS NOT SUPERIOR TO THEM AND THE BRITISHERS WERENOT BORN TO RULE OVER INDIA.NOT BORN TO RULE OVER INDIA.


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BY REMOVING THE SOCIAL EVILS LIKEBY REMOVING THE SOCIAL EVILS LIKEUNTOUCHABILITY THE REFORMUNTOUCHABILITY THE REFORMMOVEMENT WANTED THE PEOPLE OFMOVEMENT WANTED THE PEOPLE OFDIFFERENT CASTE TO COME ON THE SAMEDIFFERENT CASTE TO COME ON THE SAME

PLATFORM.PLATFORM.THEY WANTED TO CREATE ANTHEY WANTED TO CREATE AN

ATMOSPHERE FOR NATIONAL ATMOSPHERE FOR NATIONALMOVEMENT .UNLESS THERE WERE SOCIALMOVEMENT .UNLESS THERE WERE SOCIAL

REFORMS ONE CANNOT TAKE ALL THEREFORMS ONE CANNOT TAKE ALL THEPEOPLE TOGETHER THAT WAS SO HELPFULPEOPLE TOGETHER THAT WAS SO HELPFULIN A MASS MOVEMENT AS INDIAN NATIONALIN A MASS MOVEMENT AS INDIAN NATIONALMOVEMENT WAS.MOVEMENT WAS.


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DRAWBACKSDRAWBACKS

THE REVIVALISTS MOVEMENT OF THE 19THE REVIVALISTS MOVEMENT OF THE 19THTH CENTURY CREATED ANCENTURY CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL SUSPICION AND SENSE OF INSECURITY ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL SUSPICION AND SENSE OF INSECURITY AMONGST EACH OTHER AND UNCONSCIOUSLY CONTRIBUTED TO AMONGST EACH OTHER AND UNCONSCIOUSLY CONTRIBUTED TOTHE GROWTH OF AND RISE OF COMMUNALISM.THE GROWTH OF AND RISE OF COMMUNALISM.

AMONG THE MUSLIMS THE SCHOOL OF WAILIULLAH OD DELHITHE AMONG THE MUSLIMS THE SCHOOL OF WAILIULLAH OD DELHITHEDEOBAND SCHOOL WERE ACTIVE IN RESTORING PRISTINE PURITYDEOBAND SCHOOL WERE ACTIVE IN RESTORING PRISTINE PURITY

AND RELIGIOUS FERVOUR OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY. AND RELIGIOUS FERVOUR OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY. AMONG THE HINDUS THE REVIVAL OF SHIVA%I AND THE GANAPATI AMONG THE HINDUS THE REVIVAL OF SHIVA%I AND THE GANAPATIFESTIVALTHE DHARMA SABHA SABHA OF RADHA KANT DEB OFFESTIVALTHE DHARMA SABHA SABHA OF RADHA KANT DEB OFCALCUTTA TRIED TO GLORIFY HINDUISM AGAINST THECALCUTTA TRIED TO GLORIFY HINDUISM AGAINST THECHRISTAINITY BUT ULTIMATELY DUE TOT THE COMMUNICATIONCHRISTAINITY BUT ULTIMATELY DUE TOT THE COMMUNICATIONGAPIT SENT A WRING MESSAGE TO MUSLIMSTHIS WAS FURTHERGAPIT SENT A WRING MESSAGE TO MUSLIMSTHIS WAS FURTHER ADDED BY THE SUDDHI MOVEMENT. ADDED BY THE SUDDHI MOVEMENT.

THE LOVE FOR HINDU IDEALS AND INSTITUTIONS THE PRIDE INTHE LOVE FOR HINDU IDEALS AND INSTITUTIONS THE PRIDE INHINDU RELIGION AND THE PHILOSOPLY CONTRIBUTED TO THEHINDU RELIGION AND THE PHILOSOPLY CONTRIBUTED TO THESENSE OF SUPERIORITY.VIVEKANAND SAID THAT VEDANTSENSE OF SUPERIORITY.VIVEKANAND SAID THAT VEDANTPHILOSOPHY IS THE SUPREME OF ALL PHILOSOPHY.PHILOSOPHY IS THE SUPREME OF ALL PHILOSOPHY.


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BOTH THE PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES HADBOTH THE PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES HADTHE COMMON AIM----TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THEIR OWNTHE COMMON AIM----TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THEIR OWNRELIGION.RELIGION.

BUT THEY LACKED COMMUNICATION AND HENCE LOST THEIRBUT THEY LACKED COMMUNICATION AND HENCE LOST THEIRULTIMATE AIM OF EXTERMINATING THE BRITISHERS.ULTIMATE AIM OF EXTERMINATING THE BRITISHERS.

THEY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THEIR MESSAGES TO THE MASSES.THEY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THEIR MESSAGES TO THE MASSES.

THE ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS OF THE COUNTRYTHE MEDIEVALTHE ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS OF THE COUNTRYTHE MEDIEVALOUTLOOK OF THE MASSES AND THE COLOSSAL NEGLECT OF THEOUTLOOK OF THE MASSES AND THE COLOSSAL NEGLECT OF THEEDUCATION FURTHER HELPED IN WIDENING THE COMMUNICATIONEDUCATION FURTHER HELPED IN WIDENING THE COMMUNICATIONGAP.GAP.

THE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS WAS TO BE MORE SOCIAL ANDTHE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS WAS TO BE MORE SOCIAL ANDPHILOSOPHICAL BUT IT BECAME MORE RELIGIOUS.THE REALPHILOSOPHICAL BUT IT BECAME MORE RELIGIOUS.THE REALIMPACT OF THESE SCHOOLS DIRECTLY LED TO THE SELF-IMPACT OF THESE SCHOOLS DIRECTLY LED TO THE SELF-GLORIFICATION AND CREATION OF CONTRA-CULTURE.GLORIFICATION AND CREATION OF CONTRA-CULTURE.IT ALSO PROMPTED THE BROTISH TO MISINTERPRET AND USE THEIT ALSO PROMPTED THE BROTISH TO MISINTERPRET AND USE THECOMMUNICATION GAP FOR THEIR POLICY OF DIVIDE AND RULE.COMMUNICATION GAP FOR THEIR POLICY OF DIVIDE AND RULE.

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