Song and the Slogan

Vande Mataram was not merely a political slogan. It was a solemn oath of allegiance to the motherland. The slogan gave the nationalists the vision of the motherland as a goddess and gave birth to patriotism. And this worked miracles. It was a mantra of a ‘new religion of patriotism‘ given to the nation by ‘Rishi Bankim Chandra‘.