The word Hindutva therefore, applies to any Hindu who thinks of and stands for being Hindu, whether or not one uses that word for oneself. In fact it is not applied to individuals in any case.
Why Indian Intellectual Liberals choose to define Dharma as Hinduism- a word coined by the west as all their theories are defined by one or the other isms, thus irrelevant to our understanding of our ethos.
The temple and the devotees withstood the attack for over 45 years and never gave up. More than 3 governments, hundreds of petitions, indirect attacks, and corruption could not shake the determination of the devotees.
The communists have been trying to peel away the Indian way of life, looking for similarities between the class struggles in Europe and conditions in India to fit their narrative and somehow gain legitimacy to survive.
To divert people’s attention from Hindu cultural linkage of Tamil language and Sanskrit, the myth or illusion called Dravidian origin and Aryan invasion was coined, promoted and milked politically.