Dayananda Saraswati
Dayanand Saraswati 160 pronunciation 160 born was a Hindu religious leader who founded the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement of the Vedic tradition. He was a profound scholar of the Vedic lore and Sanskrit language. He was the first to give the call for Swarajya as India for Indians in 1876, later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship prevalent in Hinduism at the time, 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.
Dayananda Saraswati was born onFebruary in 1824 in a Hindu family in Tankara, near Morbi in the Kathiawad region . His original name was Mool Shankar because he was born in Dhanu Rashi and Mool Nakshatra. His birthday is celebrated in Falguna Krishna Dashami tithi . He belonged to Mool Nakshatra and his birth tithi was Purnimanta Falguna Krishna Dashami then his birth date should be Tuesday,February 1824 according to astrological calculations. His fathers name was Karshanji Lalji Tiwari and mothers name was Yashodabai. A tax collector, his father was a rich, prosperous and influential person. He was the head of an eminent Hindu family of the village. When Mool Shankar was eight years old, Yajnopavita Sanskara, or the investiture with thread of the twiceborn were performed. His father was a follower of Shiva and taught Dayananda Saraswati the ways to impress the Lord. Dayananda was also told the importance of keeping fasts. On the occasion of Shivratri, Dayananda had to sit awak
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