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National Seminar The Philosophy in Gujarat (10 centuries)
From 20.2.09 to 23.2.09
In grand inauguration of, National Seminar-The Philosophy of Gujarat (10 centuries), was done by Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, a great literary personality & Director of Gujarat encyclopedia on 20.2.09. Large member of philosophers, scholars and other personalties remained present on the occasion. Delivering the inaugural lecture Dr. Dhirubhai stated that this is the first seminar covering the philosophical development of Gujarat and appreciated the efforts of L.D. Institute of Indology. He narrated the contribution of the main three scholars of philosophy in Gujarat (1) Narmad (2) Manibhai Nabhubhai Dwivedi and (3) Anandshankar Dhruv. Narmad blew the bugle of new ideas. Manibhai Nabhubhai Dwivedi put the ideas of Narmada in more clear, subtle and provided supports from Indian scriptures and other ancient ideas. Shri Manibhai Dwivedi placed these ideas in a more organized manner.
Shri Manibhai sent his research paper to world religion conference in 1892. The world religion conference having seen his papers on Hinduism invited him to Chicago. Due to ill-health Shri Manibhai could not remain present in Chicago. He died at a young age. Manibhai did lot of efforts to fight against bad customs and bad traditions. He wanted to keep society away from western culture. He contributed a lot but the society did not take the note of his scholarly works and efforts and therefore, he was not much known as a scholar. This seminar will bring before the society such great scholars through research and discussion.
Addressing the gathering Padmashree Dr. Bholabhai Patel as a chief guest narrated the development of philosophy in last ten centuries. Dr. Patel narrated in details the various five stages of philosophical development which include
