Dayanand Saraswati

March 7, 2024

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti was celebrated on March 5.
As per Hindu Panchang, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti is celebrated on the tenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna.

ABOUT MAHARISHI DAYANAND SARASWATI

He was born in 1824 in Tankara, Gujarat in a Brahmin family.
He was earlier named Mool Shankar Tiwari as he was born during Mool Nakshatra.
He wandered as an ascetic for fifteen years in search of truth.
Dayananda’s views were published in his famous work, Satyarth Prakash (The True Exposition).
He supported a number of social reforms and publicly denounced discrimination and women inequality.
He was the founder of Arya Samaj.
- The first Arya Samaj unit was set up by him at Bombay in 1875 and later the headquarters of the Samaj were established at Lahore.
He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as “India for Indians” in 1876, which was later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
He upheld the infallibility of the Vedas, the doctrines of karma and denounced idolatory and rituals.
He gave the slogan “Back to the Vedas”.