బ్రహ్మ సమాజం: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

'''బ్రహ్మ సమాజం''' (ఆంగ్లం : '''Brahmo Samaj''') ([[బెంగాలీ భాష|బెంగాలీ]] ব্রাহ্ম সমাজ ''బ్రహ్మో షొమోజ్'') is the societal component of [[Brahmoism]]. "It is without doubt the most influential socio-religious movement in the evolution of Modern (''Greater'') India."<ref>J.N.Farquahar "Modern Religious Movements of India,(1915)" p.29</ref> It was conceived as reformation of the prevailing [[Bengal]] of the time and began the [[Bengal Renaissance]] of the 19th century pioneering all religious, social and educational advance of the Hindu community in the 19th century.<ref>"Modern Religious movements in India, J.N.Farquhar (1915)" page 29 etc.</ref> From the ''Brahmo Samaj'' springs Brahmoism, the most recent of legally recognised religions in India<ref>The 9 legally recognised religions of India are Hinduism, Zorastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Brahmoism.</ref> and Bangladesh, reflecting its non-syncretic "foundation of Rammohun Roy's reformed spiritual Hinduism (contained in the 1830 Banian deed) and scientifically invigorated by inclusion of root Hebraic - Islamic creed and practice."<ref>[http://brahmosamaj.org Official Brahmo website]</ref>

 

 

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<ref>"Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India" By Kenneth W. Jones page 33-34, publ. 1989 Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 0521249864</ref><ref>"Modern Religious movements in India, J.N.Farquhar (1915)"</ref>

 

On 7th Pous 1765 Shaka (1843) Debendranath Tagore and twenty other Tattwabodhini stalwarts were formally invited by Pt. Vidyabagish into the Trust of Brahmo Sabha. The Pous Mela at Santiniketan starts on this day<ref>[http://www.rabindrabharatiuniversity.net/museum/tagore_family/tagore_society.htm Rabindra Bharati Museum Kolkata, The Tagores &amp; Society]</ref> which is considered as foundation of the 'Adi' (First) ''Brahmo Samaj'' which was named the Calcutta ''Brahmo Samaj''. The other Brahmins who took the First Covenant are:-

* Shridhar Bhattacharya