what were the activities that are undertaken by Arya samaj towards the society ?
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Arya Samaj Movement has done many work-related with Untouchability, Caste System and the status of women. Similar to the Brahmo Samaj it also worked towards the upliftment of women as appose of child marriage and promotion of widow remarriage. They tried to bring the untouchables to the rank of the caste Hindu.The conducted many programs to bring back Vedas and also provided support to the dalits even fought for abolishing of untouchability.
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Arya samaj was a social revivalist organisation initial started in Bombay in 1875 by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu Bramhachari, a Indian literary scholar and a sage, he has also written the famous book 'Satyarth Prakash'. The people of Arya samaj lived on certain guiding principles from the four scientific, socialist, economic, political and spritual literature called the Vedas namely:
- Rigved
- Samved
- SamvedYajurved
- SamvedYajurvedAtharv-ved
Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded Arya samaj to create a sense of clarity of thought among the people, that's why Arya samaj is called a revivalist organisation. Arya samaj continued on to do several work for the society such as:
- Motions to abolish untouchability and caste system.
- Upliftment of the status of women.
- Apposed child marriage
- Apposed Sati
- Promoted the re-marriage of widows
- Educated poor children
- Taught children extra-curricular skills such as music, pottery, singing, martial arts etc.