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January 2 - January 8, 2020
Golwalkar had a pathological distaste for politics and considered it an immoral influence on his cadre.
Golwalkar
According to him, dharma was neither a religion nor sect and also not an entirely personal matter as his detractors had contended. Dharma for him was a ‘much wider term with extensive connotation.’34 Deendayal argued that dharma was ‘our chiti, the inner spirit that pervades all of us.’
Deendayal Upadhyaya
he was agnostic, and proclaimed it openly. He often referred to himself as a ‘Communist’ within the RSS, and had a strong dislike for religious rituals. Several insiders have argued that ‘it is highly debatable if he (Deoras) believed in God, or if in anyway needed Him. For him, the thread ceremony*** was outdated and he disliked attending them.’
Deora
