Sadhvi Rithambara

Sadhvi Rithambara (born 31 December 1963) is a Hindu fundamentalist, public speaker and nationalist ideologue who is the founder-chairperson of Durga Vahini, the women's wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), established in 1991. She gained national prominence with VHP in the late 1980s through the Jan Jagran Abhiyan, and in the 1990s during the run up to the Babri Masjid demolition. Subsequently, she was named an accused in the Liberhan Commission report, though later acquitted by the CBI court in 2020.

In January 2025, Sadhvi Rithambara was conferred with India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.