Vivekananda &c.

[Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian]

Robert J. Zydenbos wrote:

> Let it be very clear: V. is not mainstream Hinduism; scholars in Mysore
> assure me that the Ramakrishna Maths actually had themselves legally
> declared non-Hindu in court several years ago. V. is a figurehead for
> urbanised, Anglicised, well-to-do Indians who are partly alienated from
> traditional Hinduism. In rural India, as per my own observations, he is

The Ramakrishna Mutt _tried_ to get itself declared as a different
religion, basically because of the pseudo-secularism by which they could
have got some tax benefits as a non-Hindu religion. However they failed.

Rama.