Bhagwa Dhwaj

The Bhagwa Dhwaj (Marathi: भगवा ध्वज, Bhagwā Dhwaj) also called as "Kesariyā Patākā"[1] is a saffron color flag that served as the flag of the Marathas, "it is swallow-tailed and of a deep saffron color emblematic of the followers of Mahādeva."[2] It was adopted as the emblem for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Flag of the Maratha Empire

References
  1. Gupta, Manju (2004). Hindu devī devatā (in Hindi). Star Publications. ISBN 978-81-7650-100-2.
  2. Lord Egerton of Tatton (18 January 2013) [1880]. Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour. Courier Dover Publications. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-486-14713-0.


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