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Biography of Ramakrishna Paramhansa
One of the prominent spiritual leaders and a social reformer of the 19th century was Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He advocated the social reform movement that took place in Bengal and was also the devoted guru/ mentor of Swami Vivekananda. Gadhadhar Chatopadhye was the original name of Ramakrishna Paramhansa who was born in Kamarpukur village of Hoogly district, West Bengal on 18th February 1836. Khudiram and Chandramani were his parents who were very poor. He neither liked going to school nor earning money. He was interesting in meeting various monks and loved to be amidst nature all the time. He was an iconoclast since childhood. Once he declared publically that he would receive his alms from a Shudra woman during his Upanayana ceremony. People were astonished at his demand. Ramkumar was the elder brother of Ramakrishna who was a priest and ran … Continue reading
Learn about Dayanand Saraswati
One of the prominent social reformers in the country was Dayanand Saraswati. He founded Arya Samaj and established an extinguished form of education system through gurukuls. There was a widespread casteism that prevailed in the country and Dayanand Saraswati tried to breach this gap by adopting a classic approach of Vedas. Mool Shankar Tiwari was the original name of Swami Dayanand Sarawati. He was born in a decent and rich Brahmin family in Tankara, Gujarat in the year 1824. He was born in a pious family where he had to strictly involve himself in certain rituals and ceremonies like Sacred thread ceremony called as Upanayna ata tender age of 8. At 14, he was asked to observe a fast and stay awake all night on account of Shivratri. During the night he saw a small rat nibbling on the offerings … Continue reading
Learn about Vinoba Bhave
One of Mahatma Gandhi’s successors was Vinoba Bhave. He was often referred as Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He attracted the attention of the world by launching a movement on 18th April 1951 called as Bhoodan Andolan which means Gift of the Land. He is also considered as the National Teacher of India. Vinayak Narahari Bhave (Vinoba Bhave) was born in a pious Brahmin family on 11th September 1895 in Gagoda village of Kolaba district of Maharashtra in the family of Naraharishumbhurao Bhave and Rukmini Devi. His mother Rukmini Devi inspired him and had a great influence on his life. He spent his early years in Baroda. He acquainted himself with all the philosophies and the writing of great saints and scholars of Maharashtra. He was interested in studying Mathematics and this induced him to appear the intermediate examinations. It was in the … Continue reading
Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Greatest social reformer in the history of India
The Maker of modern India, the founder of the greatest socio- religious reform movements, Brahmo Samaj, Raja Ram Mohan Roy has played a crucial role in the abolition of social evils like the Sati system. He also advocated various changes in the Indian society by popularizing the study of English, modern medicine, technology and science. This is the reason why he was referred as “Raja’ by the Mughal emperor. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in Radhanagar of Hiigly district in Bengal on 22nd May 1772 to Ramakanto Roy who was a viashnavite and Tarini who belonged to the Shakta community.Raja Ram Mohan Roy pursued hi higher studies at Patna and was proficient in speaking Bangla, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit by the age of fifteen. He never followed the concept of idol worship and the conservative rituals of the Hindus. … Continue reading