Sadhvi Rithambara

Sadhvi Rithambara
Sadhvi Rithambara and prime minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, 2014
Personal
Born (1963-12-31) December 31, 1963 (age 60) [1]
Doraha, Ludhiana district, Punjab [1]
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
Organization
Founder offounder/chairperson of Durga Vahini.
PhilosophyHinduism

Sadhvi Rithambara (born 31 December 1963) [1] is a Hindu Vestal (Sadhvi), public speaker and nationalist ideologue[2][3][4][5][6][7] who is the founder-chairperson of Durga Vahini, the women's wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), established in 1991.[8][9][10][11][12] She gained national prominence with VHP in the late 1980s through the Jan Jagran Abhiyan, and in the 1990s during the run up to the Babri Masjid demolition. Subsequently, she was named an accused in the Liberhan Commission report, though later acquitted by the CBI court in 2020.[1][13]

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  11. ^ "Babri mosque was a 450-year-old stigma: Giriraj Kishore". Rediff.com. 19 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Unite under RSS". The Hindu. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Ram Mandir event Diwali for all Hindus' — Ritambhara says movement leaders can't be forgotten". The Print. 4 August 2020.