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Swami Shraddhanand. Shraddhanand (22 February 1856 – 23 December 1926), born Munshi Ram, [1] was an Indian independence activist and Arya Samaj sannyasi who propagated the teachings of Dayananda Saraswati. This included the establishment of educational institutions, like the Gurukul Kangri University, and played a key role on the Sangathan ...
Swami Ji searched for a suitable palace in India according to the imagination of Dayananda Saraswati as mentioned in Satyarth Prakash. The Gurukula was shifted to Kangri Village of Bijnor district . There was a heavy flooded when the river changed course in 1924; the new and present campus was built subsequently on National Highway.
The word gurukula is a combination of the Sanskrit words guru ('teacher' or 'master') and kula ('family' or 'home'). [2][3] The term is also used today to refer to residential monasteries or schools operated by modern gurus. [4] The proper plural of the term is gurukulam, though gurukuls is also used in English and some other European languages.
He was a disciple of Swami Shraddhanand at Gurukul Kangri in Haridwar, where he got his Veda Vachaspati degree (equivalent to a postgraduate degree). [6] Chaturvedi was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he first met when studying the Vedas in a Gurukula in northern India. Subsequently, he became an ardent follower of Gandhian methods. [14]
Arya Samaj (Hindi: आर्य समाज, lit. 'Noble Society') is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The sannyasi (ascetic) Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s.
The socio-political movement, derived from ancient rite of shuddhikaran, [2] or purification was started by the Arya Samaj, and its founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and his followers like Swami Shraddhanand, who also worked on the Sangathan consolidation aspect of Hinduism, in North India, especially Punjab in early 1900s, though it gradually spread across India. [3]
108 minutes. Countries. United States. Canada [2] Languages. English, Tamil, Sanskrit. Box office. Gross: $25,651. Gurukulam (Sanskrit: गुरुकुलम्) is a 2014 documentary, directed and produced independently by Jillian Elizabeth and Neil Dalal. [7][8][9]
Died. 21 October 1945 (aged 39) Delhi, British India. Nationality. Indian. Known for. Participation in Indian independence movement. Satyavati Devi (26 January 1906 — 21 October 1945) was a participant in Indian independence movement. She was considered to be the Joan of Arc of India.