Kumud, I have a serious issue with nomenclature being used for this categories of trains .
'Vande' as a word is used in several salutations and prayers to our Gods.
And Bharatvarsh that is actually mentioned in our itihasas and Puranans have no resemblance to the imaginary Bharat Mata championed by the BJP-RSS.
Why is a god-damn train series named like this then...
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Secondly Namo is not the 'Namoh/Namah' that we use in our pranamis to Bhagwan, but fashionable abbreviation of our beloved Netaji's name. Netaji wants to immortalize himself before he passes away. After all he is Ajaivik Purush, not a normal human made out of the Panchtawta like you and me. Kuch log toh unko Surenda, Narayan Avatar aur kya na kya bol dete hain...

I was just clearing the login history to take a break from the usual chaos on this site. It's a rabbit-hole. But your reply caught my attention, so, here's one last comment before logging out.

Everything is named nowadays without a proper underlying meaning. So, it's probably just another thing come up instantaneously in an oration and since it's from You-Know-Who, it was accepted unanimously. It works, as it still makes sense if you want it to.
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Then came the naming mania. Vande Metro, what does that even means. Amrit Bharat, just because you've something else going on with the same name. RapidX changed to Namo Bharat at the last moment. Then came the ultimate amalgamation, Namo Bharat and the once discarded RapidX, to create the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail. Because innovation, you know.

About the term 'Bharatvarsh', for who don't know, it is derived from the great king Bharat. The BJP-RSS people should know it better than anyone else, because the textbooks we got in the 'Saraswati Shishu Mandir' had his 'counting a lion's teeth' illustration on all the books, along with his tales. But everyone is just a WhatsApp forward mouthpiece nowadays, so can't even expect that much.

The current concept of 'Bharat Mata' was just to have an ideation of a country during the independence movement and doesn't hold any historical importance per se. It's essentially inspired by the motherland concepts of the European countries, like Germania, Mother Revolution and Mother Russia.

Everyone knows what the word Namo means here, everyone has been through the campaigns a decade ago. Even the ones citing 'reasons' for it know the truth. This is what you need to resort to when you know that once the PR is over, the upcoming generations will know how badly you messed up the utopian dreams you once showed everyone.

P.S. People trying to accuse me with their faux-nationalism, do you have something like this at your homes? Or do you even know what does this portrait represent in the first place?

See, Mridul here lies the difference between you and me! I may have trolled 'panauti' as did the entire country during that time. I didn't watch the T20 WC hence didn't comment.

Meri na hi aukaat hai ki main Narayan Avatar ko troll karu na hain icha!
Bhagwan mujhe shama kare...
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However it is political shills like you for whom the entire universe revolves around a one party, and one Netaji, you can and probably think of Mahamanav as the aforementioned divine entity. Frankly the idea that a lot of people do that, disgusts me to no end...

As per the historical basis of Bharat Mata, it is quite well documented, all you have to do is google. If you can do read Sita Ram Goyal's book on RSS, it will be an eye opener for you.

Having said that, last time I checked this was a railfanning site, and my last comment to which, you so vehemently replied to, was still on the topic of trains. Your comment is neither, so I would advice you to stick to railway related topics and if you intend to engage with me regarding political matters, you can do it on a different platform!