Q. At which place in Uttarakhand, India’s first Arya Samaj temple was built?
(a) Almora
(b) Nainital
(c) Kosani
(d) Ranikhet
Answer: b
The country’s first Arya Samaj Temple (Arya Samaj Temple Nainital) was built in Nainital, Uttarakhand. Gajanand Chhimwal, resident of Dhikuli, Ramnagar, established Satya Dharma Prakashini Sabha in the year 1874. After the establishment of Arya Samaj in 1875, Satya Dharma Prakashini Sabha of Nainital was also linked to Arya Samaj.
India’s first Arya Samaj temple was built in Nainital, it was established before independence!
Arya Samaj:
Arya Samaj is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The Samaj was founded by the sannyasi (ascetic) Dayanand Saraswati in the 1870s.
Arya Samaj was the first Hindu organization to introduce proselytization in Hinduism. The organization has also worked towards the growth of civil rights movement in India since 1800s.
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