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Swami Dayanand Saraswati

India : Founder of Arya Samaj

Born : AD 1824                    Died : AD 1883

Swami Dayanand is remembered with reverence and affection among the social-reformers of the nineteenth century. He raised his voice against idol-worship. That was a time when religious hypocrisy was rife, social evils like child-marriage was an accepted practice, widows were ill-treated. It was Swami Dayanand who showed remarkable courage in decrying these practices and instituting reforms. At the Kumbh fair of 1876 in Haridwar, he spoke openly against social evils and kept his views frankly in favour of widow-remarriage. He established the glory of Vedas and founded a progressive and reformist society, which he named Arya Samaj. His works Satyarath Prakash, Rigved Bhumika etc. are well-known. He also wrote a treatise on the Vedas.

Swamiji was born at Marvi in Gujarat. His name was Mool Shankar. Young Mool Shankar was much above the mundane. He ran away from home when his father forced him for marriage. He reached Mathura and studied Vedas and other scriptures under a guru, Swami Virjanand. As his tuition fees, he pledged to his guru to serve and spread the knowledge of Vedas and the truth all his life. He fulfilled his promise.

For Swami Dayanand, foreign rule was never tolerable. He was a patriot and a social reformer. Many of Swamiji ‘s principles were accepted and adopted by Gandhiji. It is believed that Swamiji participated in the 1857 war of independence. His works have been pioneering in the social field and will always be the torchbearer for others on this path. He was an incarnation of kindness and forgiveness for he forgave a man who gave him poison.