Overview
- At an event in Ahmedabad, the home minister released the Gujarati Samagra Granthavali, a 15-volume compilation of Shankaracharya’s writings.
- He said the collection would help young Gujaratis engage with Advaita thought and apply it to their lives and work.
- Shah portrayed Shankaracharya as shaping India’s civilisational identity and ensuring the banner of Sanatana Dharma flew high in all directions.
- He credited the acharya with traveling the country as a “walking university,” founding four monasteries, and assigning the Vedas among them for preservation and propagation.
- The edition was published by the Sastu Sahitya Mudranalay Trust and edited by Sanskrit scholar Gautam Patel.