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The RSS’ roots in Kerala date back to 1942, when Dattopanth Thengadi, deputed by Golwalkar, secured the support of the Kozhikode royal family to start the first shakha in Chalappuram in Kozhikode.

The RSS has also been able to establish a political link with the Christian community.

The cycle of political violence between the RSS and the CPI(M) has claimed hundreds of lives in Kerala, with Kannur district emerging as its bloodiest theatre.

Thirty years before the Babri Masjid came crashing down on December 6, 1992, another battle over faith and symbolism had played out at the country’s southern tip. In 1962, on the rocky islet off Kanyakumari—where Swami Vivekananda had meditated for three days—a Cross that stood on the site was removed. In its place, a toweri

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