Talk:Arsha Vidya Gurukulam

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Comments[edit]

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam should be the name of this article. Am I wrong? Should the page be moved there. --Bhadani 08:19, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I moved it from Arsha survey. RJFJR 15:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from article[edit]

I removed the sections below from the article as part of cleaning it up. I could not find references for any of the information included in these but omitted from the article. --Robth^Talk 16:01, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Founder[edit]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Year & place of founding[edit]

It was founded in the year 1986.

Aims & ideals[edit]

Monastic / Non-monastic[edit]

monastic and lay devotees; a non-sectarian body

General philosophical outlook[edit]

Advaitic Vedanta Philosophy

Spiritual disciplines generally advocated[edit]

Administrative set-up[edit]

SEVA organisation is run by the board of trustees, which has representation from all the sects of Hinduism.

Provision for joining[edit]

One can become a Sevak, a volunteer at AIM for SEVA. By forming a group, local centres can be started.

Present chief of the movement[edit]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Activities[edit]

Religion & spirituality[edit]

Centre for Spiritual Teachings of Ancient India

Temples in US of A, kids classes, Bhagavad Gita classes etc. Gurukulam branches are present at Coimbatore, Rishikesh etc.

Social field[edit]

Through All India Movement for Seva, headed by former President of India R. Venkataraman, service is being rendered to the people.

Education

Stundent Homes - 15; Adopted Govt. Schools - 10; over 100 pre-schools; 2 schools for mentally challenged kids; Yoga institution and funding for high schools

Health Care

3 hospitals with total 100 bed facility; 4 mobile health centres & several health checkup camps

Programmes for Women

Handicrafts project; Self-help groups and suhrat micro-finance programmes

Cultural field[edit]

Through Sevya handicrafts are being preserved and the artisans are supported by providing market to their products.

Relief activities[edit]

Environment projects such as Construction of Roads to remote villages; Planting campaigns; Water projects; cleaning and sanitation etc.

Province of its influence[edit]

Active in several states of India such as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Union territory of Chandighar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, West Bengal etc. Also active in USA, Canada and some european countries.

Merger proposal[edit]

I am proposing that the independently sourcable content from Ärsha Vidya Sannyasi Disciples be merged into this article, since theer is no indication that the liast of AV disciples is notable by itself. The sourceable content is likely to be just bits from this section and the names of a few disciples, for example the ones mentioned here (or in similar works not published by the gurukul press).

Aside: I think the Arsha Vidya Gurukalam is likely notable enough to have a wikipedi article, but the current version needs to be cleaned-up and sourced properly to be useful to a reader. Abecedare (talk) 14:32, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure who should be included. If this stays a stand-alone list of people then those guidelines apply which means basically all the entries must be notable by our criteria. When merged, it's WP:NLIST which is a bit less clear but I think that we would treat it as we would treat alumni - notability criteria for people would apply. So if we don't merge, it's likely AfD is the only option, and if we do merge, it's going to have to be heavily culled (in fact I'd argue all the names go and if someone can create individual articles for any of them those names can be restored. Dougweller (talk) 16:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have rewritten the article from scratch using (more or less) independent sources, and you were right: I didn't find anything specifically from Ärsha Vidya Sannyasi Disciples that would be usefully added here. So I am redacting the merge proposal and instead staring an AFD for the disciples article (since that article is not a likely search topic and hence a redirect would not be very useful either). Abecedare (talk) 04:16, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates[edit]

The coordinates for Pennsylvania are correct, the coordinates for Tamil Nadu may be good, if Google maps is correct. --Dthomsen8 (talk) 18:43, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand coordinates are unknown.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 18:48, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]