Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the time has come for an Indian values-based educational system. He was speaking at the occasion of Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s 200th birth anniversary at Tankara, his birthplace in Gujarat’s Morbi district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM Modi praised the social reformer who, at a period when the nation was engulfed in superstitions and people were forced into slavery, had demanded that Indian civilization return to the Vedas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The time has come for an education system based on Indian values. This has been centered in Arya Samaj schools. Nowadays, the National Education Policy is helping the nation to grow it. Linking society to these endeavors is our duty, Prime Minister Modi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PM added, Swami Dayanand Saraswati was born during a period when social problems and slavery were commonplace among Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swami Dayanandji then addressed the nation, explaining how our scientific thinking had been undermined by the doctrine and superstitions that had taken hold of the nation. Our cohesiveness had been undermined by these social problems, PM Modi explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A segment of the population was steadily turning away from Indian spirituality and culture. Swami Dayanandji advocated going back to the Vedas during such times, he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maharshi Dayanand, according to the PM, was not only a world sage, but also a sage of national consciousness. At a time when the British rulers tried to make our people look inferior by using our social evils as a pawn and their rule was justified by some people citing social evils, the arrival of Dayanand Saraswati shocked such conspirators, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Prime Minister Modi, the occasion would serve as a significant means of introducing the younger generation to the teachings of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister said that he was lucky to have been born in Gujarat, the birthplace of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, and to have a close familiarity with Haryana due to his work there, referring to the state as his karmabhoomi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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