“Vande Mataram”, the national song of India, is now more than 100 years of old. The immortal song was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It was a part off Bankim Chandra’s Bengali novel, ‘Anand Math’ published in 1881.
The characters in the novel ‘Anand Math’ showed the motherland as the Mother Goddess and worshipped her as such. They did not know any other deity excepting the motherland and any other religion excepting the religion of patriotism. The spirit was reflected in the song ‘Vande Mataram’.
According to Sri Aurobindo, the Indian philosopher, Bankim Chandra became aware of three main elements which made up the moral strength necessary for serving the motherland. They were complete self-sacrifice, self discipline and organization and thirdly patriotism itself as a religion.
These ideas found perfect poetic expression in the great song which made millions of people enthusiastic and active during the freedom struggle. The song aroused the spirit of strong and deep nationalism.
‘vande mataram’ (meaning: I bow to thee, Mother) became the slogan used to encourage freedom fighters all over the country. Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and philosopher set the ‘Vande Mataram’ song to music. He sang it at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
The characters in the novel ‘Anand Math’ showed the motherland as the Mother Goddess and worshipped her as such. They did not know any other deity excepting the motherland and any other religion excepting the religion of patriotism. The spirit was reflected in the song ‘Vande Mataram’.
According to Sri Aurobindo, the Indian philosopher, Bankim Chandra became aware of three main elements which made up the moral strength necessary for serving the motherland. They were complete self-sacrifice, self discipline and organization and thirdly patriotism itself as a religion.
These ideas found perfect poetic expression in the great song which made millions of people enthusiastic and active during the freedom struggle. The song aroused the spirit of strong and deep nationalism.
‘vande mataram’ (meaning: I bow to thee, Mother) became the slogan used to encourage freedom fighters all over the country. Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and philosopher set the ‘Vande Mataram’ song to music. He sang it at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
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