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Arya Samaj

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Arya Samaj

Hindu religious sect founded by Dayanand Saraswati (1825–1888) in about 1875. He renounced idol worship and urged a return to the purer principles of the Vedas (Hindu scriptures). For its time the movement was quite revolutionary in its social teachings, which included forbidding caste practices, prohibiting child-marriage, and allowing widows to remarry.



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On the other side were the Arya Samaj, the Hindu Mahasabha and other militant Hindus who claimed that Dalits were Hindus.
Untouchable Freedom: A Social History of a Dalit Community. (Reviews) by Kolenda, Pauline / Journal of Social History
On the Indian side, they include an equally wide range of positions: the Hindu revivalism of Arya Samaj and its Islamic counterpart, the principles of "Basic Education" based on Gandhian philosophy, and the pro-industrial and secularist views of the National Planning Committee of the Congress party under Nehru.
Political Agenda of Education: A Study of Colonialist and Nationalist ... by Paranjpe, Anand C. / Pacific Affairs
The books of the publisher Veda Niketan, under the auspices of the Arya Samaj Foundation of North America, are specifically aimed at imparting spiritual knowledge to Hindu children in order to educate them and develop their character.
Break your silence: a call to Asian Indian children's writers by Khorana, Meena G. / Library Trends
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