1. Factsheet: Sadhvi Rithambara
- Author:
- Bridge Initiative Team
- Publication Date:
- 05-2024
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University
- Abstract:
- Sadhvi Rithambara is a senior leader in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and is the founder of Param Shakti Peeth, a “charitable organization” in India, which also has two sister organizations in the US, Param Shakti Peeth Of America Foundation and Param Shakti Peeth Of America East Coast (PSPA). Rithambara is a leading figure in the Hindu nationalist movement and her anti-Muslim speeches played a central role in the demolition of the Babri Mosque in the 90s. Leaders of PSP in the US are also affiliated with far-right Hindu nationalist organizations.
- Topic:
- Islamophobia, Far Right, Charity, Hindu Nationalism, and Sadhvi Rithambara
- Political Geography:
- South Asia, India, and United States of America