Raja Ram Mohan Roy: A Voice against operation and social injustice in Hinduism

Vol-6 | No-01 | January-2021 | Published Online: 17 January 2021    PDF ( 253 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2021.v06.i01.055
Author(s)
Dr. Madhu Chauhan 1

1Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Shashi Bhushan Balika Vidyalaya, Degree College, Lucknow

Abstract

The Indian Renaissance is remarkable future of India in the 19th century. By the beginning of the 19th century the Indian culture stood completely demoralized against the western culture the educated India’s lost confidence in their own culture and regarded western culture as their ideal. But at the same time a new thought came to the minds of the Indians. It inspired the Indians in every walk of their life via society religion literature, politics etc. The new thought wave the inspiration and emotions which it created and its resulted effects have been called the Indian Renaissance. Like the European Renaissance in the 16th century the Indian renaissance also affected every sphere of Indian life and brought forth the significant changes. It gave new life as purpose to Indian culture.
The ‘Brahmo samaj’ was the result of the first creative activity of the Indians the two pillars of human reason, Vedas and Upanishads. He thus wanted to restore Hinduism to the position of the ancient Glory) a society with no cost no idol warship, no child marriage, no untouchability, no sati no priestly class and such other exile.

Keywords
Indian Renaissance, demoralized, western culture, charges Brahamo samaj, Hinduism , Atmiya Sabha, Reform
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