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| - Hindutva is an ideology adopted by a minority of Hindus which is sometimes intolerant. Hinduism is pre-eminently tolerant to all other religions and believes that each man or woman will attain salvation if he/she follows his/her own religion" - Acharya RajNarayan Basu, 1873
- SANTHOSH INDIA For Veer Savarkar's book, see Hindutva (book). Hindutva ("Hinduness", a word coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1923 pamphlet entitled Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? ) is used to describe movements advocating Hindu nationalism. Grammatically, the term is a compound of the Persian word "Hindu" and the Sanskrit suffix "-tva" which is used to form neuter abstract nouns. Hence, according to Savarkar, Hindutva is meant to denote the Hindu characteristic, or Hinduness.
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| - SANTHOSH INDIA For Veer Savarkar's book, see Hindutva (book). Hindutva ("Hinduness", a word coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1923 pamphlet entitled Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? ) is used to describe movements advocating Hindu nationalism. Grammatically, the term is a compound of the Persian word "Hindu" and the Sanskrit suffix "-tva" which is used to form neuter abstract nouns. Hence, according to Savarkar, Hindutva is meant to denote the Hindu characteristic, or Hinduness. The former ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is closely associated with a group of organizations that promote Hindutva. They collectively refer to themselves as the "Sangh Parivar" or family of associations, and include the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. This right-wing Ideology has existed since the early 20th century, forged by freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar popularly known as Veer Savarkar (Veer means brave), but came to prominence in Indian politics in the late 1980s, when two events attracted a large number of mainstream Hindus to the movement. The first of these events was the Rajiv Gandhi government's use of its large Parliamentary Majority to overturn a Supreme Court verdict that had angered many Muslims (see the Shah Bano case). The second was the dispute over the 16th century Mughal Babri Mosque in Ayodhya — built by Babur after his first major victory in India, allegedly by razing a Hindu temple marking the birthplace of the Hindu God-Emperor Rama, an avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism. This came to a head with the razing of the mosque by a Hindu mob in 1992 and subsequent Hindu-Muslim riots, especially in the Bombay riots and the 1993 Mumbai bombings perpetrated by the one of the Muslim members of the organized-crime gang D-Company, Dawood Ibrahim. The region is now referred to by Hindus as the Ramjanmabhoomi. The Ramjanmabhoomi situation has been compared to the Temple Mount disputes in Israel.
- Hindutva is an ideology adopted by a minority of Hindus which is sometimes intolerant. Hinduism is pre-eminently tolerant to all other religions and believes that each man or woman will attain salvation if he/she follows his/her own religion" - Acharya RajNarayan Basu, 1873 Hindutva oppose cow slaughter (not to be confused with the concept of animal rights). People can get beaten to death for eating beef. As the Hindutva ideology has grown more powerful over the years, many Hindutva activists have taken part in riots against minority communities in India. The Hindutva ideology is described as a fascist ideology. Although this ideology is associated with Hinduism, the majority of Hindus who are tolerant or "secular" do not support the Hindutva movement. Some tolerant or "secular" Hindus describe the supporters of the Hindutva movement as "Hindu Taliban".
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