The Brahmo Samaj Movement's inflexions occurred in Maharashtra. Maharashtra's reformers desired a similar organisation to the Brahmo Samaj. In 1867, Keshab Chandra Sen, Atmaram Pandurang, and RG Bhandarkar founded Prarthana Bombay, which included MG Ranade as a member. The Prarthana Samaj's adherents did not regard themselves as members of a new sect operating independently and alongside the larger Hindu body, but as members of a movement within it. The Prarthana Samajists we