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Guru teaching students in a gurukul. A gurukula or gurukulam (Sanskrit: गुरुकुल, romanized: gurukula) is a type of education system in ancient India with śiṣya ('students' or 'disciples') living near or with the guru in the same house for a period of time where they learn and get educated by their guruji.
Odhavram wanted the gurukul system to extend to educating the blind so they could be self-reliant and gain social respect. He established school for the blind in 1938 using Braille script obtained from Bombay. Apart from book knowledge, he taught students to use their other senses.
Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) was founded on 4 March 1902 by the Arya Samaj sannyasi Swami Shraddhanand, who was a follower of Dayananda Saraswati, with the sole aim to revive the ancient Indian gurukula system of education. [6]
The Arya Kanya Gurukul welcomes girls from all walks of life and social strata. The education system at Gurukul is a blend of Vedic heritage and modern educational systems with an orientation towards science and technology based on Arya Samaj principles. [1] [2] [3] [9] [10]
The Gurukula system of education supported traditional Hindu residential schools of learning; typically the teacher's house or a monastery. In the Gurukul system, the teacher (Guru) and the student (Śiṣya) were considered to be equal even if they belonged to different social standings.
The reopening of Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div.) studies at Gurukul by the 20th Triennial Conference held at Madras in 1984 enabled the reviving of the regular B.Div. studies at Gurukul from June 1985. A Bold Theological Vision, as envisioned by Dr. K. Rajaratnam, became the cornerstone of academic activities of the college.
In ancient Himachal Pradesh, education thrived through the Gurukul system, where students resided with their gurus, receiving comprehensive education across various disciplines. However, the challenging hilly terrain and remote locations posed impediments to establishing formal educational institutions during this era.
In January 1936, she along with her husband, [15] established Kalakshetra, an academy of dance and music, built around the ancient Indian Gurukul system, at Adyar, at Chennai. Today the academy is a deemed university under the Kalakshetra Foundation and is situated in its new in 100-acre (0.40 km 2 ) campus in Tiruvanmiyur , Chennai, where it ...