200th Birth Anniversary of Swami Dayanand Saraswati

On 12th February, 2023, Prime Minister paid tribute to Dayanand Saraswati on the 200th birth anniversary of the social reformer Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

About Swami Dayanand Saraswati

  • He was born on 12th February, 1824, in Tankara, Gujarat in a Brahmin family.
  • He was earlier named Mool Shankar Tiwari as he was born during Mool Nakshatra.
  • He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
  • Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies.
  • In Mathura, he met Swami Virajananda who directed him to learn directly ....
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