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Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave (pronunciation ⓘ; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit ), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement .
Vinoba Bhave was one of India’s best-known social reformers and a widely venerated disciple of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi. Bhave was the founder of the Bhoodan Yajna (“Land-Gift Movement”). Born of a high-caste Brahman family, he abandoned his high school studies in 1916 to join Gandhi’s ashram.
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Paramdham Prakashan. This website has been hosted by Paramdham Prakashan, a wing of Gram-sewa Mandal, Wardha, which is the only institution that Vinoba founded and which holds copyright of Vinoba’s literature.
Vinoba Bhave University is a state university in Jharkhand, India, offering postgraduate courses in various disciplines. Find admission notices, syllabus, exam results, events, publications and contact details of the university.
Vinayak Narhar Bhave, who later became known as Vinoba, was born on 11 September 1895 at Gagode, a tiny and predominantly tribal hamlet in the coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra. He spent eight formative years of his life amidst the picturesque beauty of the village.
Learn about the life and work of Vinoba Bhave, a spiritual visionary and Gandhiji's ardent follower. He started the Bhoodan (Gift of the Land) movement and wrote on various topics of religion, philosophy, education and Sarvi.