Swami Dayananda's creations, the Arya Samaj, unequivocally condemns practices of different religions and communities that are noted to be prevalent, such as idol worship, animal sacrifice, ancestor worship, pilgrimages, priest craft, offerings made in temples, the castes, child marriages, meat eating and discrimination against women on the grounds that all these lacked original Hinduism.
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Dayananda was poisoned on 29 September 1883, when he was the royal guest of Jaswant Singh II by Dayananda's own cook, who was bribed by the court dancer.
Arya devoted his career to Arya Samaj, the Hindu reform movement of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, working as a freedom fighter and social reformer.
Saraswati | Chandrashekarendra Saraswati | Dayananda Saraswati | Sivananda Saraswati | Gnana Saraswati Temple, Basar | Chidanand Saraswati |
In the recent years Aniruddha Bapu, Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu, Swami Dayananda Saraswati Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Baba Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sathya Sai Baba, Mata Amritanandamayi are some of the many spiritual gurus who draw huge crowds, and have tremendous fan following because of their faith in humanity and the miracles that they have caused to happen in peoples lives.