Roy, Ram Mohun

Roy, Ram Mohun
(22 may. 1772, Radhanagar, Bengala, India–27 sep. 1833, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Inglaterra).

Reformador religioso, social y político indio. Nació en el seno de una acomodada familia brahmán, viajó extensamente en su juventud, etapa en que convivió con diferentes culturas y desarrolló ideas heterodoxas sobre el hinduismo. En 1803 escribió un panfleto en que denunció las divisiones y supersticiones de India y postuló un hinduismo monoteísta que venerara a un Dios supremo. Elaboró traducciones modernas de los Vedas y Upanisads que sirvieron de base filosófica a sus creencias, abogó por la libertad de expresión y de religión y denunció el sistema de castas y el sutee. En 1826 fundó el Colegio Vedanta y en 1828 formó el Brahmo Samaj.

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