Hindus and Bharat are celebrating Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s 200th birth anniversary. He’s a renowned vedic scholar, social reformer & founder of Arya Samaj.
He dedicated his life to reviving purity of Vedic teachings and challenging social injustices. Dayanand Saraswati was born as Mool Shankar on February12, 1824 in Tankara, Gujarat to Karshanji Lalji Tiwari and Yashodabai in wealthy and significant Brahmin family.
A staunch devotee of Lord Shiva, the young Dayanand Saraswati would stay up all night on Shivratri for prayers. Given his family’s strong beliefs in Hindu faith, Mool Shankar as he was initially known, learnt immense value of fasting, piety, and traditions in his formative years itself.
At the age of eight, Mool Shankar was initiated into Brahmanic universe through the (Upanayana Sanskar) Yajnopavita Sanskar, also known as the investiture of the “twice-born”. He would honestly practice these customs.
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