Swadhyay Parivar
The Swadhyay Parivar is a socio-religious movement based in Maharashtra, India. It claims to have over 50,000 study centers and 60,00,000 followers in India, USA, UK, Canada, and the Middle East who carry out various activities of self-development, social welfare activities and socio-economic development in the areas of water management and agriculture.Swadhyaya means study of self for a spiritual quest.Pandurang Shastri Athavale was the originator of this movement that promotes a particular interpretation and reading of the Vedic scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Vedas and the Upanishads. His followers are still active with missionary work. For his efforts he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1997, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1999.
Personal facts
| Birth date | October 19, 1920 |
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| Date of death | October 25, 2003 |
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- http://books.google.com/books?id=09ens2qGXZUC&pg=PA1&dq=Swadhyay+Movement&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0Uy2QrT7N6od45sWGP7Y0tw8-HsA
- http://books.google.com/books?id=ytOHbLdtSY4C&pg=PA109&dq=Swadhyaya+Movement&lr=&sig=ACfU3U31eRJBs3AN1el-gtY0g0T73uPBSg
- http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/123456789/556/shethn050300.pdf?sequence=1
- http://www.iloveindia.com/spirituality/gurus/pandurang-shastri-athavale.html
- http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/s_es/s_es_paran_lessons_frameset.htm
- http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/indiaoz.php
- http://www.psbt.org/screening/movie_review/248
- http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyAthavalePan.htm
- http://www.swadhyay.org
- http://www.templetonprize.org/bios_recent.html