Who was Dayananda Saraswati?
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Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883) was a Hindu philosopher who believed that the Vedas were the most authentic source of knowledge and that all religions are fundamentally the same. He founded the Arya Samaj in 1875, a Hindu reform movement that advocates the rejection of idolatry and caste discrimination.
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