• It represented the purified form of Hinduism

  • It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths

  • It supported and worded for the cause of western education

  • It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas


It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths