Place to Visit


Tankara, Maharshi Dayanand Sarswati Birth Place, Swami Dayanand Saraswati He was a great Reformer, who changed the life of millions of Indians all over the world., Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jee preached against many Hindu traditions which he felt were dogmatic and oppressive. These included traditions such as idol worship, caste by birth, the exclusion of females from the study of Vedas.


In 1824, Tankara - a village 44 km from Rajkot was blessed with the birth of a child who later grew up to be a great social reformer and began a Hindu movement based on Vedic principles. This venerable personage was none other than Swami Dayanand and the movement that he initiated is the Arya Samaj of today.