They were about the duo: Bol Siyavar or Siyapat Ramchandra ki jai. were never about Ram as an individual, let alone a warrior. He encouraged the use of "Sita-Ram" as opposed to the then widely used "Salaam" as a greeting, since the latter implied social inferiority. The most widely known political use of Ram began with Baba Ram Chandra's peasant movement in Awadh in the 1920s. The concept of Ramrajya, "the rule of Ram", was used by Gandhi to describe the ideal country free from the British. It is argued that the story of Rama offers a "very powerful imaginative formulation of the divine king as the only being capable of combating evil". The Ramayana became widely popular in the 16th century. The worship of Rama increased significantly in the 12th century, following the invasions of Muslim Turks. "Rama" greetings have been traditionally used by people irrespective of religion. A popular greeting invoking Ram is "Jai Ram ji ki" and "Ram-Ram". The traditional usage of "Jai" in a slogan was with " Siyavar Ramchandraji ki jai" ("Victory to Sita's husband Rama"). Photojournalist Prashant Panjiar wrote about how in the city Ayodhya, female pilgrims always chant " Sita-Ram-Sita-Ram", while the older male pilgrims prefer not to use Rama's name at all.
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