Gurukula faction (Ārya Samāj)
A living tradition within Ārya Samāj. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Gurukula faction (Ārya Samāj) is a living tradition within Ārya Samāj. Also written Mahatma faction, Gurukul Arya Samaj.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Munshi Ram / Swami Shraddhananda (1857-1926) - he took the name Shraddhananda on renouncing in 1917, so was not "Swami Shraddhananda" in 1893. No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. NO FOUNDING YEAR. The first pass gave 1893 and put a sentence in quotation marks that does not appear in the cited source. Encyclopedia.com's 'Arya Samaj' entry actually reads: 'In 1893 the movement split over the question of doctrinal purity. Swami Shraddhananda (1857-1926), the second charismatic figure to emerge from the movement, accused the faction running the DAV School of being too Westernized'; and, separately, 'From 1900 onward, he established his own network of schools, the Gurukulas'. Competing anchors, none chosen: 1893 (doctrinal split) / from 1900 onward (the Gurukula network itself).
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Gurukula faction (Ārya Samāj).” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-gurukula-faction-arya-samaj.
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