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THE SAKTAS The Saktas are worshippers of Devi, the Universal Mother. Dakshinis, Vamis, Kancheliyas, Kararis are all Sakta sects.
THE SAKTAS The Saktas are worshippers of Devi, the Universal Mother. Dakshinis, Vamis, Kancheliyas, Kararis are all Sakta sects.
MISCELLANEOUS The Sauras adore the Sun, the Ganapatyas adore Ganesa, and the Kaurnaras adore Skanda. The non-Brahmins of South India are Naidu, Karnma Naidu, Chetty, Mudaliar Gounder Pillai Nair, Nayanar and Reddy. , , , ,Nanak Shahis of seven classes (viz., Uclas.is' Ganjbakshis, classes Sutra Shahis, Govinda
MISCELLANEOUS The Sauras adore the Sun, the Ganapatyas adore Ganesa, and the Kaurnaras adore Skanda. The non-Brahmins of South India are Naidu, Karnma Naidu, Chetty, Mudaliar Gounder Pillai Nair, Nayanar and Reddy. , , , ,Nanak Shahis of seven classes (viz., Uclas.is' Ganjbakshis, classes Sutra Shahis, Govinda
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•Noutlas, Naga), Baba Lalis, Prana. Nathis, Sadhus, 411tornis, Siva Narayanis are other miscellaneous sects, THE ARYA SAMMISTS AND THE BRAHMA SAMAJISTS The founder of the Arya Samaj was Swami Dayananda sarasvati, who was born in Kathiawar in 1824. This sornai is more of a social institution, with a religious background. it has Gurukulas, schools and Pathasalas. The Suddhi Sabha is a proselytising branch of the Arya Sam aj, The Brahma Samaj was founded originally by Raja .Ram Mohan Roy, early in the nineteenth century. The Brahma Samajists do not perform idol-worship. Keshab Chandra Sen introduced some changes in the year 1860. There are now two branches within the Sarnaj, viz., Adi Brahma Samaj which holds to the tenets laid down by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Sadharana Brahma Samaj which is a little modern and which follows Keshab Chandra Sen more closely. The Samaj has followers in Bengal.
SADHUS AND SANNYASINS Salutations unto the ancient Rishis, seers, saints, Paramahamsa Sannyasins and Sadhus, who are the repositories of divine knowledge and wisdom and who guide the destiny of the world in the past, present and future.
Every religion has a band of anchorites who lead the
life of seclusion and meditation. There are Bhikkus in Buddhism, Fakirs in Mohammedanism, Sufistic Fakirs in Sufism, and Fathers and Reverends in Christianity. The glory of a religion will be lost absolutely if you remove these hermits or Sannyasins or those who lead a life of renunciation and divine contemplation. It is these people who maintain or preserve the religions of the world. It is these people who give solace to the ,householders when they are in trouble and distress. \m, They are the messengers of the Atman-knowledge and