Sadhu Vaswani
Indian educationer, humanitarian and spiritual leader (1879-1966)
Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani (Sindhi: साधू थांवरदास लीलाराम वास्वाणी; Sādhū Thāṃvaradās Līlārām Vāsvāṇī) (25 November 1879 – 16 January 1966) was an Indian educationist who started the Mira Movement In Education and set up St. Mira's School in Hyderabad, Sindh, and later moved to Pune after 1949. A museum, Darshan Museum dedicated to his life and teaching was opened in Pune, in 2011.
Early life and education
Sadhu Vaswani was born Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani(Sindhi family), in Hyderabad Sindh. When he was a boy, he attended the Academy at Hyderabad-Sind. As a boy, he first learned about the sacred texts called the Upanishads from Brahmabandhav Upadhyay, a Brahmin from Bengal who adopted Christianity, but in 1907 he underwent prayashchitta (expression of reparation in Hindu custom) through a public ceremony to return into Hinduism, he died just two months later. Later in his lifetime, Sadhu Vaswani was recognized as an accomplished proponent of the Upanishads and a skilled interpreter of the Bible and the Qur'an.
He passed his Matriculation and completed his B.A. from the University of Bombay in 1899. After completing his B.A. examination, he received the Ellis Scholarship and became a Dakshina Fellow at D.J. Sind College in Karachi while studying for his master's degree. He received his M.A. degree also from the University of Bombay in 1902.
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