South African Mayor launches proudly Hinduism Course
Mayor of Pietermaritzburg SA launches Online Hinduism Course
Sister Nivedita Academy, South Africa in association with Midlands Hindu Society successfully hosted the
launch of an e-Learning course on Hinduism by Sadhu Prof V Rangarajan, “VIJNANA BHARATI –
Course on Indian Thought and Culture” on 13th April 2011, at Pietermaritzburg Sanathan Ved Dharam
Sabha.
The Launch by Sadhuji was graced by Swami Lokasangrahananda, Swami Ramkripanananda,
Swami Balasimabharathi, Swami Nischalananda,
Mayor launches the Indian Spirituality Course
The Mayor of Msunduzi Municipality(Pietermaritzburg),
Cllr Mike Tarr and Cllr Baboo Baijoo the Speaker of the Msunduzi Municipality.
Mayor Mike Tarr welcomed all the Swamijis and Sadhuji to Pietermaritzburg and extended his best wishes
to the educational endeavours. Sadhu Prof V Rangarajan then explained the dire need for this course in
South Africa, because descendents of Bharatamata living in South Africa where the Hindu way of life is
practiced and adored by all is still not fully understood. With these courses, we hope to enlighten especially
the Hindus abroad, who are cut off from the original sources of spiritual practices. The Swamijis present
offered their support for this noble initiative and endorsed the course as a breakthrough in reaching out to
people using technology that they understood.
The courses were developed and launched over the last 10 years ago, in 2000 by Sadhu Prof V Rangarajan
to give Hindus a balance coherent view of Hinduism in the new millennium. In 1995 whilst visiting South
Africa for the World Hindu Conference, Sadhuji introduced the course to several Hindus here. Due to the
widespread need of this educational course on Hinduism, it has now been made available via the Internet,
in an e-Learning format. Now access to this storehouse of sacred knowledge has been made available at the
student’s fingertips, no matter whom the student is and where in the world the student is based.
Registration forms and further information on the e-Learning course can be downloaded from
http://sribharatamatamandir.org/word/ or contact Kashmira Nirghin 0824984867 / 0333863235 or
kashmirab@gmail.com or Fax 0865638176
The break down of the course and its future plan is as follows:
The first year course has 14 lessons, which delineate the salient features of Indian thought and
culture in the basic scriptures of Hinduism and its early literature — the Vedas, the Upanishads, the
Epics and the Puranas, the Gita, and the Smritis, and also in the two other great religions of India –
– Buddhism and Jainism — which are akin to Hinduism. In the subsequent years, the lessons will
cover all schools and systems of philosophy which have sprung in Bharatavarsha in the medieval
period and later the course will cover even modern schools of thought like Brahma Samaj, Arya
Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission, etc.
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