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Diwali is a very important day in Arya Samaj as Swami Dayanand died on this day. A special havan is done for the same. Diya with one wick Diya with four wicks, pointing in each direction (N, W, S, E) The Arya Samaj version of the Hindu festival Diwali is typified by the celebration in Suriname. The festival celebrates the victory of good over evil.
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 7 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who promoted the Vedas . Dayananda emphasised the ideals of brahmacharya ( chastity ).
Rishi Udyan, which has a functional Arya Samaj temple with daily morning and evening yajna homa, is located on the banks of Ana Sagar Lake off the NH58 Ajmer-Pushkar Highway. An annual 3 day Arya Samaj melā is held every year at Rishi Udyan on Rishi Dayanand's death anniversary at the end of October, which also entails vedic seminars, vedas ...
Art of Living Foundation [2]: 45–46 The Art of Living International Center; 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
Virajanand Dandeesha Swami (1778 – 14 September 1868), also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, was the celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati. He was a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature .
According to Nonica Datta, Jat Mahasabha was Arya Samaj's offshoot founded in 1905 in Muzaffarnagar. [3] But Brij Kishore Sharma states that the claims of Datta are incorrect. According to him, it was founded in 1907, and that there are two claims regarding its place of formation.
The earliest efforts to establish the Arya Samaj in Trinidad and Tobago were made by visiting missionaries in the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1930s their activities led to the establishment of a new organisation, which first was called the Arya Samaj Association, but later was renamed Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Trinidad.
The Arya Samaj was founded in Nairobi on 5 July 1903, at a meeting at the home of Jai Gopal attended by forty-five people. [ citation needed ] The small group of Arya Samajis immediately began plans for a centre for its members and on 11 September 1903, the foundation for the first Arya Samaj building in East Africa was laid.