Sadhu Vaswani Mission 10
Sadhu Vaswani Path, Pune 411001, India
Tel: 91-212-625679 Fax: 91-212-627474
Location
Pune is well linked city by air, rail and road from all parts of the country. Pune is about 180 kms from Mumbai. The frequency of state government buses are good as they start every 15 minutes, and ply all day long, to and fro between Mumbai and Pune. This Asiad bus service starts from Dadar in Mumbai and it takes 4 - 5 hours to reach the place. Within Pune the best mode of transport is the three-wheelers, the auto-rickshaws.
Born on November 25, 1879 in Hyderabad, Sadhu Vaswani, the man responsible for the initiation of the 'Mira Movement in Education' in Sindh. After completing his post graduation, Vaswani started working as a professor in the Metropolitan College in Calcutta. As a zealous patriot, Vasvani became a part of the India's struggle movement, however, was his primary interest in life and he soon turned his attention to that. He also opened the 'Shakti Ashram' at Rajpur, where young men from various parts of the country were trained to take on participate in the free India movement. Sadhu Vaswani firmly endorsed the view that the future belonged to the youth and they needed to be taught and disciplined to undertake the tasks ahead of them.
About the Mission
The Sadhu Vaswani Mission is a non-profit and ethereal institution that aims to provide social work to the destitute and needy, sick and aged, irrespective of caste, creed or color. In 1931, the Mission was incepted in Hyderabad, in Sindh by Sadhu T. L. Vaswani. His celestial outlook and ideology of life revolved around the supreme ideal of reverence for all life, service to suffering humanity and cultivation of the soul. The Headquarters of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission was shifted to Pune in 1950 after the partitions.
Activities at the Mission
Mira Movement in Education
Incepted in the year 1933 by Sadhu Vaswani, the 'Mira Movement in Education', centralized in Pune at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, were moved to other major cities in India such as Delhi, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Mumbai. The objective behind this movement is to impart education to all, combining the best of the East with the best of the West.
The other activities with which the mission is involved are education, promotion of the Sindhi language Village Upliftment, Medical Relief Meatless Day Campaign The educational institutions located at Pune are Shanti Vidya Mandir, St. Mira's Bal Bhavan , St. Mira's Primary School.
