१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

THE VOLCANO
the holy places on the banks of the Ganges, how the
Sankalpa (resolution) of Revolutionary War was made
along with the usual Sankalpa for the bath—these and
other facts will soon be narrated in the history of the
rising of those places. The hatred of the Feringhis in
those Kshetras (holy places) was so strong, that open
prayers were started by the priests in the temples of
Benares, on behalf of their own rulers belonging to their
own religion.$^{12}$
In order to make clear to the common people, in simple
and clear language, how Swadharma and Swatantrya
—Religion and Independence—were being insulted, the
all-comprehensive programme of the Revolutionary party
had not left out of their consideration any of the festivals
or the Tamâshâs in which people took interest and con-
gregated in large numbers. The dolls in the doll-theatres
began now to speak a strange language and to dance a
dangerous dance; at police stations, under the shades of
trees in Dharmasalas, and at public squares, Powadas
and Lawanis (ballads and epic lays) were sung with the
gusto of a new mysterious interpretation. The fame goes
and there is a strong conviction everywhere that the song
of Allah-Udal, one of the most popular songs in Northern
India, does at once rouse in the hearers the martial craving
for war. This heroic martial song, sung with spirit by
minstrels, would cause the arms of the hearers tingle and
itch for battle, and their blood would begin to boil on list-
ening to the exploits of their ancestors ; then, the subject
would suddenly be changed and before their eyes would
be forced the image of their present helplessness. And
the hearers would be roused to rise against the Feringhi
and act in the present the heroism they admired in the
past. Itinerant groups of Tamashgars, so innocent in
themselves that the Government was not even cognisant
of their existence, were used for the preaching of the Revo-
12. Red Pamphlet.
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