biography of didi maa sadhvi ritambhara ji| ritambhara ji ka jivan parichay

1. Firstly – with his lively speech statement
2. Later – Ram Mandir movement, movement against Babri Masjid

1. From his lively speech statement 

• It was during his visit to India with Swami Parmanand that he learned the skill of giving speeches.
• Audio tapes of Ritambhara’s speeches were sold for one rupee each.
• The one voice which was heard the most during the temple movement was the voice of Ritambhara.
• From street corners to temples and BJP meetings, Ritambhara’s speeches were recited to excite the crowd.
• There was a time when audio tapes of Ritambhara’s speeches containing inflammatory messages were made and sold for one rupee each.
• Historian Tanika Sarkar has written in a book named ‘Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation’.
• That there was a time when the priests in the temples of Ayodhya left the daily worship and started playing audio cassettes of Ritambhara’s speeches.
• Author Christophe Jaffrelot has written in his book The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics (1925 to the 1990s) –
• That “Ritambhara ji was considered the most aggressive at that time and the tapes of his speeches were among those that received the most attention.”
• In January 1991, India Today had published a report that 25-year-old Ritambhara had been charged by the Delhi Police for giving inflammatory speeches.
• The report reads, “The audio cassette containing his inflammatory statements on the Ayodhya issue has already been banned by Delhi Police.
• Now a criminal case has been registered against him under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code.”
• his lines:   “Where the art of justice repents,
  Law eats truth,
  The land where there is no respect,
  Humans where there are no humans,
  That is not my India.”

2. Ram Janmabhoomi Movement 1992 –

• Ganga Mata has taken out Bharat Mata Yatra
• Movement against Babri Masjid 1992 –
• Where was Ritambhara on the day of Babri demolition?
• On December 6, 1992, BJP’s Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, many VHP and Bajrang Dal leaders and sadhus were sitting on a stage.
• This platform was built at a distance of 150-200 meters from Babri Masjid. Ritambhara was also on the same stage.
• When the Kar Sevaks attacked Babri, many leaders including Advani and Joshi raised their voice from the stage to stop them. But Ritambhara was not among such people.
• Senior journalist Hemant Sharma has written about the situation he saw through his eyes in his book “War in Ayodhya”.
• According to the book, “While addressing the Karsevaks, Ritambhara was saying that they are fully engaged in this auspicious and sacred work.
• Senior journalist Sagarika Ghosh has also mentioned December 6 in the biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• According to the book, when the Kar Sevaks demolished some parts of Babri, Ritambhara, dressed in saffron clothes, started singing and dancing in Ram Katha Kunj.
• During this time his eyes were half closed and a smile was spread around his lips.
• She was continuously saying – demolish Babri Masjid with one push and two.
• Was Ritambhara an accused in the Babri demolition case?
• The Liberhan Commission was formed by the Government of India to investigate the demolition of Babri Masjid. This commission had prepared a list of 68 people.
• The Commission had said that those included in this list were personally responsible for taking the country “to the brink of communal tension”.
• Ritambhara’s name was also in this list. Justice MS Liberhan had submitted the report to the government in June 2009 after nearly 17 years of investigation.
• However, on September 30, 2020, Ritambhara and all the other 31 accused in the case were acquitted by a special CBI court in Lucknow.