Speaking at an event of the Railway Kamgar Sena, the railway union of the party, Thackeray said he has neither abandoned the saffron flag (bhagwa) nor its ideals.

The programme began with the ‘kulgeet' (college anthem) of BHU, followed by hoisting of the RSS's symbolic saffron flag. The volunteers, dressed in uniform, marched to the university's founding ...

Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus believe cleanses them of their sins and releases them from the cycle of rebirth.

His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual ...