Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya,Haridwar
Gurukul Kangri University or Gurukul Kangri
Vishwavidyalaya is a Deemed University
located in the city of Haridwar
in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Institution was founded on March 4,
1902 by Swami Shraddhanand (1856–1926), a member of the Arya Samaj, with the
aim of reviving the ancient Hindu educational system of residential schools or gurukuls
imparting esoteric knowledge under the direct guidance of a guru or adept as an
alternative to the Western-oriented system of Education imposed on India by Lord
Macaulay.