Kesarimalji Surana Abhinandan Granth

SR No.: 012044
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nathmal Tatia, Dev Kothari
Publisher: Kesarimalji Surana Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1294
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 34 MB

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THE SAINT OF
RĂNĂWAS
Prof. S. C. TELA. M. A. LL. B.
Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime: And departing they leave behind us,
Foot-prints on the sands of time. "Blessed are those who live for others; toil hard day and night and undergo suffering so the other might live in peace and happiness," said an ancient sage. How many of us are conscious or how much we take from society and how little we return to it. Here is a person who has sacrificed all material pleasures and comforts for the emancipation of society.
Sriyut Kesri Malji Surāņā, popularly known as "Kākā Saheb' has a multifaced personality--a social worker, a religious teacher and preacher, an educationist, a farsighted and efficient administrator, a builder, a financial wizard, disciplinarian-all rolled in one.
As a social reformer he waged determined war against some of the social evils like parda system, seclusion of women, death feasts and wasteful expenditure on social ceremonies long ago. He fought valiantly and he has succeeded to a considerable extent in mitigating some of these evils. He is a champion of women's education because he firmly believes that 'home is the first school and mother the first teacher of the child.'
Sri Surāņā Sāheb is great educationist. He has been striving hard for more than three decades to spread the light of education in this backward rural region. In fact, he has been the pioneer in this field. The credit for setting up this enviable educational complex in Rānāwās, which is often referred to as "Vidyā Bhūmi'-The land of learning, goes largely to him. Vidya Bhūmi provides facilities for education from primary to the University level at a very low cost within the easy reach of rural misses. He is keen to see this complex develop still further & cater to the needs of those who wish to go in for post-graduate studies. Surely this educational complex with its infra-structure can develop into a Rural University in the course of time. What is remarkable is that besides providing education all the institutions lay particular stress on character building. We aim at turning out not simply literate persons but really educated young man of sound character. Any institution which can perform this twin job is bound to earn the gratitude of mankind. The educational institution of Vidyā Bhūmi' are free from all those maladies