Kamya, an Instagram influencer and an indigenous rights activist who had expressed her thoughts on the Bhoomi Poojan day was harassed by self-proclaimed liberals and abusive trolls for speaking in support of building the Ram Mandir at Ram Janmabhoomi.
Kamya in her Instagram account had posted a picture of her in traditional Indian attire holding a lamp with the caption “Happy Diwali” to commemorate the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Poojan day.
She said that it was the home coming of Shree Ram from exile which is essentially what Diwali is about.
While in the northern part of India, Diwali marks the return of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita from exile, the southern part celebrates it as a triumph of Lord Krishna over Naragasasuran.
Kamya had mentioned in her post about how the day marks the biggest reclamation of indigenous heritage in decades.
She had also in her post said that Ayodhya is to the Hindus as Vatican is to the Christians and added that the place is one of the most sacred sites and central to Ramayana.
“Whilst colonial agents love to dismiss the Ramayana and pretty much the entire Hindu philosophy as myth, this is the identity of the land” Kamya said.
She also mentioned that millions of Hindus were slaughtered and thousands of temples were demolished by invaders and added that thousands had sacrificed their lives to protect the cultural heritage and in service of their motherland.
Kamya stated that India’s original identity cannot be separated from its spiritual root and the Ramayana is essentially a tale of values with deep teachings, codes and guidance for those who seek.
“Today’s celebration is not just for Hindus. It is the reclamation of indigenous heritage after 400+years of sacrifice. It is for all the indigenous cultures across the world. It is the re-establishment of what has been there since the beginning. And for every Indian, no matter what religion, to come to and find peace in, as home”, Kamya wrote in her Instagram post.
While she has been receiving appreciation for embracing her Hindu heritage, she was also hounded by abusive trolls for the same. She was cyber-bullied by a section of the liberal fundamentalists by quoting how she is celebrating the death of Muslims and demolition of Babri Mosque while conveniently brushing the brutal oppression and suppression of Hindus by Islamic invaders for centuries.
She was also called an “upper class” and “upper caste” NRI who was trying to make a fool of herself. Comments that can be considered as outright Hinduphobic like “cow dung” were hurled at her. She was also slut-shamed based on her Instagram pictures.
Here are some of the comments:
Not able to with stand the bullying, she brokedown. In the video, she talks about how she was never bullied in the UK for singing Bhajans or wearing a Bindi but she had to face Hinduphobia from India. This video has however been deleted now following another round of bullying.
Some of them even derived joy from her breakdown video. This is what a journalist from the The News Minute tweeted.
Legit thought that this was a parody and kept watching until I realised that it wasn't. @ Wandering Kamya, watching your meltdown was fun and entertaining I must say. https://t.co/gwYya9f7Bq
— Bala (@naartthigan) August 6, 2020
However, she has been gaining support for speaking her mind and for standing up to the cause of the Ram Mandir.
I support this young woman. I support what she said. She is being cyber-bullied. pic.twitter.com/LfZQLRab27
— Nitayuvani Manavastra (@nitayuvani) August 6, 2020
To end it once and for all, she had put out an Instagram post saying that “It’s a pity that they snap it back when I’m the one that wants to be heard.” This post has comments from people who can be called as the ‘liberals’ who view Hindus as oppressors.
Kamya has around 209K followers on Instagram and has been open about her Hindu roots. She identifies herself as a traveller and a spiritual person.
It is said that Kamya has earlier courted a controversy with some prank videos. It was reported that in one of her pranks she has sent a picture of a vibrator through airdrop in a cafe, which the reciever declined. Further to this she was mob attacked for pranks by people who participated in her pranks earlier and even received rape threats. As of now she has paused her prank videos and focuses on her main work: travel and spirituality.