Brahmavarchas Shodh Sansthan
Brahmavarchas Shodh Sansthan, or Brahmavarchas Research Institute, is a research centre situated on the bank of the Ganges, about half a kilometer from Shantikunj, Haridwar, in India. Equipped with a state of the art laboratory, a library and a botanical garden containing rare ayurvedic herbs, the institute is working on unique projects such as Yagyopathy, Ayurveda and Vedic mantras.
Patron founder[edit]
The founder of the institution, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, was born on 20 September 1911 in the village of Anwalkhera, Uttar Pradesh, India. In 1935, he embarked upon the task of social upliftment through spiritual means with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi. He started a Hindi magazine, Akhand Jyoti, in 1940. He established Gayatri Pariwar and for more than 20 years conducted its activities from Mathura. In 1971, he moved its head office to Shantikunj in Haridwar and spent his remaining life there, writing literature and directing the activities of the organisation. In 1979 he founded the research institute near Shantikunj for the purpose of research works on Scientific Spirituality.[1] Dr Pranav Pandya was appointed as director of the institute.[2]
Aim[edit]
The Institute is working on Scientific Spirituality, [3] the integration of modern and ancient Indian sciences in a practical way motivated by the goal of health and happiness for all. Innovative scientific research aimed at grassroots applications is being carried out in the ancient sciences in collaboration with the relevant modern sciences. Major areas of research include Ayurveda and Yagyopathy, total psychology, the science of Vedic mantras and its therapeutic applications, the philosophy and science of yoga, Sadhana, mantra and tantra and the science of spirituality.[4]
Laboratories[edit]
The Institute houses well-equipped laboratories of hematology, biochemistry, neurophysiology, cardiology, phytochemistry, psychometry, Yagyopathy etc. Apart from its own team of doctors, engineers, scientists and philosophers, the center has live interaction with the hospital, ayurvedic pharmacy and yoga laboratories of Shantikunj, some of the hospitals and universities in and around Haridwar. Distinguished researchers, professors and other experts also visit the center regularly.
Research works[edit]
The Institute has been conducting scientific experiments to investigate the effects of Ayurveda and herbal medicine, yog sadhana, yajna and its effects on health and environment,[5] gayatri-sadhana and panch karma, on different bodily and mental functions. The subjects (experimental and the control groups) are the trainees of the sadhana programmes/camps of spiritual refinement and personality development organized regularly at Shantikunj.
References[edit]
- ↑ Who's who on Indian Stamps. (1999). India: Mohan B. Daryanani. isbn 9788493110109, lccn lc99947919 page 371
- ↑ http://www.catchnews.com/politics-news/the-man-who-said-no-to-modi-gayatri-pariwar-head-declines-rs-nomination-1462547450.html
- ↑ https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2019/6/12/Gayatri-Jayanti-A-sacred-day-to-strengthen-mind-power.html
- ↑ Veereshwar, Prakash, Indian Systems of Psychotherapy, Kalpaz Publication 2002, p. 266, ISBN 81-7835-078-5 Search this book on
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- ↑ Water and Energy International. (2000). India: Central Board of Irrigation and Power. vol 57, page 9, lccn 96901661
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