List of Famous people named Dayananda

Here are some famous Dayanandas:

Dayananda Saraswati

First Name Dayananda

Born on February 12, 1824

Died on October 30, 1883 (aged 59)

Dayananda Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. Subsequently, the philosopher and President of India, S. Radhakrishnan called him one of the "makers of Modern India", as did Sri Aurobindo.

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Dayananda Saraswati

First Name Dayananda

Born on August 15, 1930

Died on September 23, 2015 (aged 85)

Born in India

Swami Dayananda Saraswati was a renunciate of the Hindu order of sannyasa and a renowned traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta, and founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. He was the spiritual Guru of prime minister Narendra Modi.

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