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In 1986, Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, a Gurukulam that has branches in India and the United States.

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is an institute for the traditional study of Advaita Vedanta, Paninian Grammar, Vedic / Clasical Sanskrit Chanting.

Additionally camps are conducted for teaching Yoga, Classical Music, Ayurveda, Jyotisha and allied disciplines.

The word Arsha means that which is from the Rishis-the great seers of ancient India.

The word Vidya means knowledge.

Thus, Arsha Vidya means the knowledge flowing from the Rshis.

The word Gurukulam, means " family of the teacher ", referring to a residential center for learning with the Teacher.

Arsha Vidya Gurukulam offers Indians and non-Indians, Hindus and non-Hindus, men and women alike, an opportunity to study the profound knowledge of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma-Sutra, and other classical Vedanta texts.