Briefly describe the efforts made by Dayanand Saraswati for the unity of the
country.
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati made efforts to revolutionise Indian attitude religion and is considered as one of the ‘Makers of Modern India’.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati and his efforts
He was the founder of the Hindu reform organisation Arya Samaj. He has left a deep impact on the Indian society and the concept of religion.
Arya Samaj was based on the foundations of God, soul and nature.
He made conscious efforts to bring immense changes in the religious perceptions of Indians.
He was opposed to the principles of following dogmatic rituals of revering idols and symbols. He emphasised that all actions should be performed with the prime objective of benefiting mankind.
He gave the call for Hindus to go back to the roots of their religion, which are the Vedas.
He strived to uplift the Hindus from the depressive religious, social, political, and economic conditions prevailing in the country at the time.
His logical, scientific and critical analysis of faiths like Christianity and Islam as well as Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism sowed the seeds for the modern India.
He was the first to give the call for ‘Swarajya’. He emphasised on the idea of India for Indians in 1876 which was later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
His most influential works Satyarth Prakash contributed to the Indian independence movement.
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Dayananda Saraswati (About this soundpronunciation (help·info)) (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.[3][4] Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. Subsequently, the philosopher and President of India, S. Radhakrishnan called him one of the "makers of Modern India", as did Sri Aurobindo.[5][6][7]
Dayananda Saraswati
Dayananda Saraswati
Personal
Born
Mool Shankar Tiwari [1]
12 February 1824
Tankara, Company Raj (present-day Gujarat, India)
Died
30 October 1883 (aged 59)[2]
Ajmer, Ajmer-Merwara, British India (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Religion
Hinduism
Nationality
Indian
Founder of
Arya Samaj
Philosophy
Vedic
Religious career
Guru
Virajanand Dandeesha
Influenced by
Kanada, Yāska, Kashyapa, Patanjali, Pāṇini, Kapila, Akshapada Gautama, Badarayana, Adi Shankara, Ramanuja
Influenced
Madam Cama, Pandit Lekh Ram, Swami Shraddhanand, Shyamji Krishna Varma, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Lala Hardayal, Madan Lal Dhingra, Ram Prasad Bismil, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Mahatma Hansraj, Lala Lajpat Rai
Literary works
Satyarth Prakash (1875)
Rigvedadibhashyabhumika
Vyavharabhanu
Quotation
There are undoubtedly many learned men among the followers of every religion. They should free themselves from prejudice, accept the universal truths – that is those truths that are to be found alike in all religions and are of universal application-,reject all things in which the various religions differ and treat each other lovingly, it will be greatly to the advantage of the world
Those who were influenced by and followed Dayananda included Madam Cama, Pandit Lekh Ram, Swami Shraddhanand,[8] Shyamji Krishna Varma, Kishan Singh, Bhagat Singh, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bhai Parmanand,Lala Hardayal, Madan Lal Dhingra, Ram Prasad Bismil, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Ashfaq Ullah Khan,[9] Mahatma Hansraj, Lala Lajpat Rai,[10][11] Yogmaya Neupane.[12]
He was a sanyasi (ascetic) from boyhood and a scholar. He believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated the doctrine of Karma and Reincarnation. He emphasized the Vedic ideals of brahmacharya, including celibacy and devotion to God.
Among Dayananda's contributions were his promoting of the equal rights for women, such as the right to education and reading of Indian scriptures, and his commentary on the Vedas from Vedic Sanskrit in Sanskrit as well as in Hindi.
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