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Founded in 1901-2, the Kangri Gurukula Academy near Hardwar, was inspired by the Gurukula ideal. It was originally the brainchild of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, which was concretised by Lala Munshi Ram.
Knowledge is a light that resides within the student. The only task of the teacher is to move the walls that enclose and block this light.
In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it.
The second and concluding episode of this series provides some glimpses into the technical and literary education in the Vijayanagara Empire.
The first episode of a new series on the profound educational atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire.