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A person who had a profound influence on the establishment of Arya Samaj in Fiji was a 22-year-old man from Punjab, Behari Lal, who while on his way to Argentina via Australia, stopped over in Fiji. He found employment at the Navua Sugar Mill , but visited Suva regularly where people interested in the teachings of Swami Dayanand Saraswati ...
The Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji (Arya Representative Society) is the national body for all the Arya Samajs in Fiji. It was formed in 1918 and registered as a religious body through the efforts of Manilal Doctor , who was in Fiji from 1912 to 1920 at the behest of Mahatma Gandhi to provide legal assistance to the Fiji Indians .
The Arya Samaj in Fiji advocated purging Hinduism of what it saw as its superstitious elements and expensive rituals, opposed child marriage, and advocated the remarriage of widows, which orthodox Hinduism didn't promote at that time. The Arya Samaj also encouraged education for girls, which wasn't the norm at the time.
Mai TV is credited with increasing the profile of football on television and in conjunction with Oceania Football Confederation provided LIVE TV and internet coverage of OFC qualifiers. Mai TV has ventured also into Hindi content with major local shows like Manoa We Ni Yava , Gospel Quest , Fiji Today , Fiji Focus , Mai Fiji , Misiki and ...
The newspaper started as a bi-lingual Hindi and English Monthly newspaper but from 1935 became a weekly Hindi newspaper. The editorial committee was headed by Pandit Vishnu Deo and included Pandit Ami Chandra and Pandit Gopendra Narayan Pathik, all active members of the Arya Samaj in Fiji and consequently the newspaper was seen as the mouthpiece of the Arya Samaj.
While in the past the more numerous Sanatanis (orthodox Hindus) were content to let the Arya Samajis take leadership of the Hindus in Fiji in the past, the arrived from India, in December, 1930, of Sanatani preacher, Ram Chandra Sharma, led to open debate between the two Hindu groups about who represented true Hinduism. It ended with a court ...
Pages in category "Arya Samajis in Fiji" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Ami Chandra; D.
Arya Samaj [2]: 47–48 Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji; D.A.V. College Managing Committee; Gurukul Kangri University; Avadhoota Datta Peetham [2]: 121 Datta Yoga Centers [2]: 121 Bhakti Marga; Bharat Sevashram Sangha; Bhartiya Gau Raksha Dal; Bihar School of Yoga; Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha [2]: 430–31 BAPS Charities