Bharat Dharma Mahamandala

Bharat Dharma Mahamandala
भारत धर्म महामंडल
Formation1887
FounderDin Dayalu Sharma
Founded atHaridwar, India
TypeHindu religious organization
PurposeTo unify and support orthodox Hindu communities
Location
Region served
Indian subcontinent
ServicesBook publishing, Religious education, social reform, temple maintenance
Key people
Pandit Din Dayalu Sharma
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Nabagopal Mitra
Rajnarayan Basu
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Bharat Dharma Mahamandala was a Hindu organization founded in colonial India in 1887 by Pandit Din Dayalu Sharma in Haridwar. It had purpose to unify and support orthodox Hindu communities in colonial India during a period marked by religious and social reform.[1][2][3] The Mahamandala emerged during a period of social and religious reform movements in India. It positioned itself as a defender of orthodox Hinduism against critiques and alternative interpretations from groups like the Arya Samaj, Theosophists, and Ramakrishna Mission.[1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Indian History. Allied Publishers. 1988. p. 165. ISBN 9788184245684.
  2. ^ Shri Bharat Dharma Mahamandala. 1924. The World's Eternal Religion. Benares: Bharat Dharma Syndicate.
  3. ^ Kasturi, M. (2015). Sadhus, sampradaya, and Hindu nationalism : the Dasnamis and the Shri Bharat Dharma Mahamandala in the early twentieth century. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. ISBN 9789383650873.
  4. ^ Modern History. Arora IAS. p. 209.
  5. ^ Markovits, Claude (2002). A History of Modern India, 1480-1950. Anthem Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781843310044.