Sunday, March 21, 2010

Adi Dharm

Adi Dharm - India's true religion

Founded in 1861, with the publication of Hemendranath Tagore's  "Brahmo Anusthan" (or Brahmo Code of doctrine and practice), Adi Dharm refers to the religion of Adi Brahmo Samaj the first development of Brahmoism and includes those Sadharan Brahmo Samajists who were reintegrated into Brahmoism in 1878.

Adi Dharm -  Ruchi Ram Sahni of Lahore Brahmo Samaj

The ' Karhah parshad "of untouchables was not accepted  in the Golden Temple, Amritsar upto 12th October, 1920. The Khalsa community arranged a rally on 11 and 12 Oct.1920 in the Jallianwala Bagh , Amritsar against untouchability in the Sikh Gurudwaras especially in the Golden Temple .Prof. Teja Singh in his autobiography titled " Aarsi" has recorded this historical incident , the book is published by the Punjabi University, Patiala . Ruchi Ram Sahni whjo organised the protest movement  also wrote a book (in English) on the Gurdwaras reform movement which is published by the S.G.P.C. (Amritsar).