Brief notes on Dayanand Saraswati and the Arya Samaj. When western education was gaining momentum in India, Dayanand Saraswati put emphasis on the Vedic education. He wanted to free India from western influence and gave a clarion call - "Go back to Vedas."
Goddess Saraswati is regarded as the goddess of learning and music. It is believed that she is robed in white. She carries a lyre. She is seated on a lotus. She bestows vidya which means learning.
The social and religious reform activities of Dayananda Saraswati were the main inspiration behind the many reform movements of the 19th and the early 20th century that transformed the Indian society.
A powerful religious and social reform movement in northern Indian was started by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. Born in AD 1824 at Gujarat, he was named Mul Shankara b his parents.