Place · cave ashram & Sanskrit school · India
Kailash Gufa, Deodand
Caves at Samarwar in Bagicha block developed as an ashram by Rameshwar Gahira Guru in 1953, with a Sanskrit school founded the same year and a Shivratri fair.
Adivasi historiesLearning & scienceShiva
- Date
- 1953
- Periods
- Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Learning & scholarship
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 22.946, 83.621
Worth knowing
Teaching Sanskrit to forest-dwelling communities was the deliberate centre of Gahira Guru's work, and the school here was the first of several.
Connections (1)
- Monastic foundationRameshwar Gahira Guru
Gahira Guru opened the ashram in these caves in 1953 and founded a Sanskrit school there the same year. The pairing was deliberate: the cave gave the authority of a retreat, the school gave the forest communities a claim on Sanskrit learning.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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