Quote#God & Faith
(A non-Hindu) may not perhaps go with me to the same temple to pray…
Quote byBal Gangadhar Tilak · 1856–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bal Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches (1922), p. 142. As quoted in "Lokmanya Tilak Isn’t A ‘Hindutva Hero’. His Hinduism Was Inclusive", The Quint, 31 Jul 2020..
English (original)
(A non-Hindu) may not perhaps go with me to the same temple to pray to God, perhaps there may be no intermarriage and inter-dining between him and me. All these are minor questions. But, if a man is exerting himself for the good of India, and takes measures in that direction, I do not consider him an alien.
— Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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