THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
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Promote monotheism (belief in one God)
Reform Hindu religion and society
Remove caste discrimination, child marriage, and female illiteracy
Encourage widow remarriage and women's rights
It represented the secular side of the Brahmo Samaj and included many people who did not belong to the Brahmo Samaj.
Colonel Alcott and Madame Blavatsky came to India in 1879 and established the Theosophical Society Headquarters near Adyar in Madras in 1882.
He is considered one of the greatest Hindi writers of modern India.
A noted poet, he was a trendsetter in Hindi prose-writing.
He was not associated with social reforms, while Raja Rammohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, and Jyotiba Phule played their role actively in social and religious reform movements.
She was a teacher, social reformer, and Marathi poetess.
Savitribai Phule was married to Jyotiba Phule in 1840.
She, along with her husband, founded a school for women in Pune in the year 1848.
It was registered in the year 1909 under the Societies Registration Act.
Founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1897.
Inspired by Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s teachings.
Headquarters: Belur Math, Kolkata.
Motto: "For one’s own salvation and the welfare of the world".
Works in education, healthcare, relief, and spiritual upliftment.
Promotes religious harmony and selfless service.
Symbol of modern Hinduism combining spirituality with social work.
Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission to stress the ideals of salvation through social ser vice and selfless action.
The mission is named after an Indian spiritual Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on May 1st 1897.