For six decades, the Shiv Sena survived by changing with Maharashtra. It reinvented itself from a trade union movement into a champion of Marathi identity, and one of India's most influential proponents of Hindutva. Today, however, the party faces an existential crisis unlike any in its history.
Source: [Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/60-years-of-shiv-sena-mills-marathi-manoos-matoshree-and-now-an-existential-crisis/articleshow/132085756.cms)