Sadhu Vaswani Mission
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The Sadhu Vaswani Mission is a noted charitable organization based in Pune
, India. It is engaged in various philanthropic activities in fields such as education, healthcare, social service, animal rights, feeding of the poor and spiritual upliftment. It's spiritual head is the educationist, poet, U Thant Peace Award winner and modern saint J. P. Vaswani
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The organization was originally founded by Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
(Sadhu
is an Indian title for one who undertakes and is proficient in spiritual austerities) in Hyderabad, Sindh
. It was called the Brotherhood Association then. After his demise the organization was renamed to its current name. Sadhu Vaswani (as he was affectionately called) was a prolific writer of inspirational texts during the freedom struggle in India as well as of insightful spiritual texts throughout his lifetime. His spiritual poems have been compiled into the Nuri Granth which is probably the world's largest single compilation of spiritual poems by a single author.
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, India. It is engaged in various philanthropic activities in fields such as education, healthcare, social service, animal rights, feeding of the poor and spiritual upliftment. It's spiritual head is the educationist, poet, U Thant Peace Award winner and modern saint J. P. Vaswani
J. P. Vaswani
J. P. Vaswani 'Dada' is head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission.He was born on August 2, 1918, at Hyderabad, Sindh, in a Sindhi family. He passed the Bachelor of Science examination at the very young age of 17 years. For his Master's degree, his thesis was on 'The Scattering of X-Rays by Solids' which...
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The organization was originally founded by Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
Sadhu T. L. Vaswani was an Indian educationist who started Mira movement of education and set up Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Hyderabad, Sindh, and later shifted to Pune after 1949...
(Sadhu
Sadhu
In Hinduism, sādhu denotes an ascetic, wandering monk. Although the vast majority of sādhus are yogīs, not all yogīs are sādhus. The sādhu is solely dedicated to achieving mokṣa , the fourth and final aśrama , through meditation and contemplation of brahman...
is an Indian title for one who undertakes and is proficient in spiritual austerities) in Hyderabad, Sindh
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
. It was called the Brotherhood Association then. After his demise the organization was renamed to its current name. Sadhu Vaswani (as he was affectionately called) was a prolific writer of inspirational texts during the freedom struggle in India as well as of insightful spiritual texts throughout his lifetime. His spiritual poems have been compiled into the Nuri Granth which is probably the world's largest single compilation of spiritual poems by a single author.