Religious Reform in Maharashtra Paramahans Mandali
Religious reform in Western India was begun in Bombay in 1840s by the Paramahans Mandali which aimed at fighting idolatry and the caste system. The earliest reformer in western India was Gopal Hari Deshmukh, known popularly as Lokhitwadi made powerful attacks on Hindu orthodoxy, and preached religious and social equality. He also said that if religion did not sanction social reforms then religion should be changed, for after all religion was made by human beings. Gopal Ganesh Agarker, a great rationalist thinker also lived and worked in Maharashtra. He was an advocate of the power of human reason. He sharply criticized any blind dependence on tradition or false glorification of India’s past.
Religious reform in Western India was begun in Bombay in 1840s by the Paramahans Mandali which aimed at fighting idolatry and the caste system. The earliest reformer in western India was Gopal Hari Deshmukh, known popularly as Lokhitwadi made powerful attacks on Hindu orthodoxy, and preached religious and social equality. He also said that if religion did not sanction social reforms then religion should be changed, for after all religion was made by human beings. Gopal Ganesh Agarker, a great rationalist thinker also lived and worked in Maharashtra. He was an advocate of the power of human reason. He sharply criticized any blind dependence on tradition or false glorification of India’s past.
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