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List of Activities
· Reorganization of 'Kabir Dal' was done in 70's. It was
launched by Acharya Ram Vilas Das during freedom struggle. In
post-freedom-era, Sant Vivekdas Acharya, the present supreme of
Kabirpanth, revived Kabir Dal, to preach basic tenets of the
Panth and check the declining of human values in society. Apart
from playing key-role in spiritual field, the Moolgadi has
always been instrumental in social reformation and
reconstruction. The Kabir Dal, still active on track is a vital
symbol of this very social responsibility initiated by the
Moolgadi.
· Centuries-long tradition of Satsangs- in Kabirpanth, the
Satsangs is the main as well as the conventional organ of
spreading the awareness among the people. Its tradition is as
old as the Kabirpanth itself. These Satsangs are still organized
in different parts of India and abroad as per the directives
given by the Moolgadi. This unbroken tradition has played a
key-role to make the marginalized and the oppressed masses
adhere to their faith and derive solace.
· Education, teaching training and learning-The sadhu's come to
the Moolgadi to study the traditions of the Bhakti Movement in
general and Kabir Saheb's message in particular. In order to
train the sadhu's, the oriental way of classes under
gurushishya-parampara (an ancient tradition of learning where
masters teach their pupils in an informal way) and the
contemporary classroom way of learning, both are combined at the
Moolgadi giving equal weight.
Various regular colleges recognized by the competent educational
councils are also run under the flagship of Moolgadi in
different cities. Some are unto higher secondary standards
whereas others are oriental Sanskrit-degree colleges. Apart from
these, some vocational courses on short-term basis are also
conducted in the premises under the subject-experts. A regular
course on yoga and meditation is also conducted in the campus of
Moolgadi. In addition to it, a regular course particularly
dedicated to the sahaja-yoga (as designated and initiated by
Kabir Saheb) is also conducted through out the year but for the
seekers at advanced-stage only.
The Moolgadi also provides for education of poor students. About
200 students are admitted in this scheme. This leads to better
character formation in the youth as well as cultivates among
them the path for renunciation and Sanyas particularly to that
segment of younger generation who are eager to join monastic
life particularly the order of Kabir Saheb.
And also, The Moolgadi is a vibrant intellectual center for
discourses on
the different aspects of spiritualism and society. Scholars from
Benares Hindu University, Kashi Vidyapith and the different
universities all over India are engaged in these academic and
scholarly mode of activities facilitated by the Moolgadi
throughout the year.
· Kabir Sodh Sansthan- The Moolgadi runs the well equipped
research cell to be developed in near future as a research
institute named after Kabir Saheb, where the research scholars
in large numbers are engaged in researching the different
aspects of the Kabirpanth, Bhakti movement and the preachings
delivered by Kabir Saheb and also by the other saints belonging
to the rich lineage of this historic tradition over the time. A
battery of celebrated international scholars like Dr. David
Lorenzen of Mexico, Prof. Linda Hess of university of
California, and Russian scholars from oriental institute of
Moscow and many others are engaged recently The Chinese academy
of social sciences Beijing has also shown interest in the
subject. Also, the mainstream of scholars of almost all Indian
universities has always been attracted by the research-institute
run at the Moolgadi. It is considered as the only place on the
globe for going deeper in the Bhakti movement, Kabir Saheb, and
other saints active in medieval India. It has built up a
substantial library that is always made available to the
research-scholars where over 700 rare manuscripts along with a
rich collection of books on almost all the aspects and streams
related to the Bhakti movement, Saint Kabir and other saints of
medieval era. It has a rich archival resource center of the
manuscript organized by Prof David Lorenzen of El Collegio Del
Mexico.
· Publication House- The Moolgadi has own publication-house,
namely Kabirvani Prakashan Kendra, which has over hundred titles
of books to its credit. It is considered as one of the most
dynamic centers of publication in the spiritual world. The
original text of Bijak, the Holy book of Kabirpanth and the
significant work compiled with the sayings by Kabir Saheb, is
published under this very banner. The publication-house also
brings out special commemorative volumes from time to time. It
is the only publication-house committed to publish the original
text of the Kabirvani.
· Organizing the Seminars- The Moolgadi is the most coveted
place for serious seminars and conferences on the topics varying
from spiritualism to social crisis. The papers read in these
seminars are submitted and put up by the authorities and
subject-experts invited from all over the world.
· Music Festivals and Cultural Events- The Moolgadi also
organizes music festivals, especially on the bhajans originally
composed and sung by Kabir Saheb from time to time. Though the
Moolgadi is now considered as the most important center for the
nirguna music in the country, but the concerts in Hindustani
Classical Music are also organized here.
The Moolgadi is slated to launch a new initiative of organizing
three day long concert-oriented festival once a year dedicated
to the devotional music either composed in classical way or
presented in folk mode collected from Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Nepal and music from Diaspora locations. This ambitious and
massive devotional Music Festival is to be organized on
international level in the campus of Moolgadi.
The Other kind of cultural events, especially the plays in
dramatizing the thoughts of Kabir Saheb are also organized in
the premises of Moolgadi from time to time and in other cities.
Mainly sadhu's, trained in dramatics, take part in these plays.
This kind of plays has played a pilot-role in establishing a
repertory of dramatics and media-arts in the premises of
Moolgadi.
· Media, Films and Albums- The Moolgadi has its own
production-house, namely Siddhapith Kabirchauramath Moolgadi,
for the purpose of making these films, tele-films, music-albums,
and so on along with devising other media activities including
talks on radio and television. H.H. Sant Vivekdas Acharya is
very keen on expansion of this activity. A film titled Chalo Re
Math Kabirchaura Mein has been recently completed, and aimed
globally. The films tele-films released under the banner of
Moolgadi are the rarest products of quality produced by the
media-network of the Moolgadi, which is assisted by a set of
committed mainstream-professionals like Krishna Kalki and
others. Till the date, Moolgadi has also released numerous
titles of musical discs (music-albums) in large number. All of
these exclusively tuned albums cater to the poetries of Kabir.
The Moolgadi is also working on the project of establishing an
audio studio at the national head quarter.
· Repertory of Dramatics & Media-arts- The Moolgadi is to
run a full-fledged repertory of dramatics and media-arts on the
workshop basis under the guidance of experts and
mainstream-professionals. All the segments of dramatics and
media-arts right from content-development to presentation will
be taught here, and such plays are to prepared those which could
make the masses aware of the ideas of Kabir Saheb. The in-depth
but practical know-how right from histrionics to set designing
and phonetics is designed to give the learners, which obviously
is to result on the impact of the plays prepared here. Talents
from outside the Moolgadi will also be welcome in general but
Moolgadi is preparing the sadhu's in particular who could travel
to different rural and urban areas in the country along with the
troupes performing the plays dramatizing the thoughts of Kabir
The countdown to launch this activity has already begun.
· Kabir Jayanti Samaroh- A grand festival-like function
celebrating the occasion of Kabir Jayanti (the birthday of Kabir
Saheb) is organized every year in the premises of the Moolgadi
on the day of Poornima (full-moon) of lunar month Jyeshta.
Following the guidelines given by the Moogadi, the 600th
anniversary of Kabir Saheb was also observed all over the world
including Netherlands, North America and Caribbean islands like
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Surinam in a befitting manner.
The Moolgadi also celebrates the anniversaries of almost all
major figures of Bhakti movement of other cultural-religious
streams.
· Statues, Murals at Moolgadi- Statues of al important saints
and like-minded public-personalities have been stalled in the
campus of Moolgadi. Gora, Sen, Ravidas, Dariya, Dadoo Dayal
adorn the renovated campus. Apart from these statues, the murals
depicting the life journey of Kabir Saheb besides the labour-oriented
spiritual tradition shaped by him are also engraved on the inner
walls of the premises. All these have made the Moolgadi a place
of pilgrimage as well as tourist spot. These draw crowds from
all over the world.
· Sadhu Jagran- The Moolgadi runs different training programs
for sadhus throughout the year. Under these programs run on the
full-time basis, a new generation of sadhu's is prepared in
accordance with the norms and demands of Kabirpanth. This is the
part of modernization of the sadhu community. The sadhu's
trained here are sent to the maths/ashrams of Moolgadi all over
the world.
· Medical Aid- The Moolgadi also runs a mobile dispensary
scheme for providing medical aid to the rural people of the
district. Following the directives given by the Moolgadi, many
other maths/ashrams are also running this scheme in their
localities. Under the direct vigil of Moolgadi, a specialized
dispensary catering naturopathic treatment is also working for
the decades.
· Establishing New Maths- On the instruction of the Moolgadi,
new maths/ashrams are also established besides renovating the
old maths/ashrams. Recently one of such ashrams was established
in the name of Kabirchauramath, and is run under flagship of
Moolgadi in Trinidad and Tobago.
· Development of Lahartara- A massive renovation project has
been taken for restoration and cleaning of the lake Lahartara
where Kabir Saheb was found as an infant. The 'Kabir Prakatya
Sthal' (the place where Kabir appeared/ was found) will be one
of the maojr landmarks as pilgrimage and tourist spot in time to
come. H.H. Vivekdas Acharya, the present chief has started a
campaign for beautification, restoration and re-architecting of
the 'Kabir Prakatya Sthal' at Lahartara in Varanasi.
· Kabir Mela- Very soon, the Moolgadi is to launch a new
tradition of organizing a month-long Kabir Mela in its premises.
It will be one of the major programs to disseminate the ideas of
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