This question identifies the historical figure who popularized the Ganesh festival as a vehicle for nationalism.
Its first all-India session was held in Haridwar during the Kumbh Mela of 1915. 201. W ho among the following transformed the traditional Ganapati festival of Maharashtra into a national festival and gave it a political character ?
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2011 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Genesis and Salient Features of 19th Century Socio-Religious Reform Movements)
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