200th Jayanti Celebrations of Swami Dayanand Saraswati | 13 Feb 2024

Recently, the Prime Minister of India addressed a programme on the 200^th birth anniversary of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was born as Mool Shankar Tiwari on 12^th February 1824 in Tankara, Gujarat.
He wandered as an ascetic for fifteen years (1845-60) in search of truth.
- The DAV (Dayanand Anglo Vedic) schools came into existence in 1886 to realise the vision of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
The first Arya Samaj Unit was formally set up by Swami Dayanand Saraswati at Mumbai in 1875 and later the headquarters of the Samaj were established at Lahore.
He took inspiration from the Vedas and considered them to be ‘India’s Rock of Ages’, the infallible and the true original seed of Hinduism.
- He gave the slogan “Back to the Vedas”.