The Dharmic flags of Bharatvarsha

Speaking of Flags, some flags are going to be spoken about in a series of posts.

Flag 1- Sister Nivedita's India flag(c.1904).Thuderbolt in the centre represents Indra's Vajra.'Vande mataram' horizontal.

Too Hindu for congress secularists to accept as national flag of India.Just as 'Jana gana mana' was preferred over Vande Mataram. It was Gandhi who advised them to make flags "acceptable to all religions".

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Flag- 2

The Indian National Congress, India's largest political party before independence, adopted a white, green and saffron flag as its unofficial flag in 1921. "The saffron originally stood for Hinduism, green for Islam, and white stood for other minority religions(we could say christians)". 

However,Muslim organisations scorned Gandhi's interpretations saying they wouldnt adopt any 'Hindu' symbol. That is why the congress reinterpreted the meaning of the flag. Now saffron has come to mean 'sacrifice'  etc..,.

It is also believed that white also formed a buffer of peace between the two communities, as in the flag of Ireland. In 1931, the Congress party adopted another flag with the colours saffron, white and green, and featuring the Charkha ( spinning wheel) in the centre, as their official flag. This flag purportedly had no religious symbolism associated with it. 

Before accepting this original flag, one more flag was discussed by Gandhi with Pingali(proposed by Pingali Ji), which had a spinning wheel in the centre with Green and Red clours(the colour of the flag of Samajvadi Party) in  background.

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Flag- 3

We discussed some Indian flags and our Tricolour, in my previous posts. We got to know what exactly those three colours mean. And it was intentional by Congress to change its actual meaning and euphemise it all.

Lets discuss some more flags(not necessarily talking about the nation India but the ideology of Bharat):

'Jan sangh flag was all saffron,no green. However, its offspring, BJP, deliberately introduced Green'. We all know why was that needed, obviously to look Secular. 

Haven't they been trying??

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Flag- 4:

Some more flags representing Bharat and Sanatan.

Flag of Vijayanagara Empire. Saffron-Yellow, Surya, Chandra, Chhuri and Varaha.

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Flag- 5

Som more flags from the times when Sanatan wasn't hated and people used to wear it on their sleeves.

Flag of Kakatiya Empire: Saffron-Yellow(Kashaya) and Swayambhushiva temple of Warangal.

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Flag - 6

Flag of the Great Maharana Pratap. Surya represented their suryavansh lineage

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Flag 7-

Flag of Maharaja Hemu or Hemachandr Vikaramaditya(c.1556) when he foguht mughals in Tughlakabad and defeated them. All Saffron.

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Flag 8- 

Another Sanatani Flag of another great Empire.

Flag of the Great Maratha Empire. Saffron Hindu flag also used in temples since early medieval days.

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Flag 9-

Another one, with the Sanatan Force.

Standards of Maharana Bhim singh, Mewar. It has Surya, Chandra,Talwar, Saffron and Lord Bajrangbali Ji.

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Flag 10-

Standards of Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh during battle of multan vs Afghans(19thc). Mata Saraswati Ji, Varahi and Lord Hanuman Ji.

So, sikhs werent that staunch till 19th century...? Hmm😉

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Flag 11-

Another one, with Saffron identity.

Standards of Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa during siege of Peshawar. Saffron with Goddess varahi in the centre.

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Flag 12-

Another one from the same,

Standards of Maharaja Ranjit singh at Khyber. Saffron-Red. Goddess Chandi at the centre. Flanked by Lakshman and Hanuman.

Will Khalistanis accept it today😜?

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Flag 13-

Another one, with Saffron identity

Flag of princely state of Cooch Behar. Saffron. Surya representing royal grace(varchas).

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Epilogue/flag 14-

Another one...

Varaha, Churi, Surya and Chandra were symbols on the flags of Chalukyas. Ladkhan temple(c.700 AD)(image). Chalukyas represented a standard of royal hood in karnantaka and Vijayanagaras tried to adhere to those standards in almost all respects.

Varaha in Chalukya, Hoysala and Vijayanagara symbols represented an avatara of Lord Vishnu.

Courtesy: Kala Krishna, link to last post on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207798712765478&id=1824219165