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This document summarizes an article about the political uses of the Ramayana story in India over history. It argues that the Ramayana provided a long-standing source of political symbols but began inhabiting public political discourse more prominently at a particular historical juncture. Specifically, in recent decades hardline Hindu nationalist groups have increasingly invoked symbols from the Ramayana, like Rama and the disputed birthplace temple, to mobilize support and stoke communal tensions between Hi
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- freemorons
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- EN