Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara – a sage renowned for his spiritual accomplishments, a forerunner in humanitarian services, and a trailblazer in education, in memory of whom Chavara Vidya Bhavan is established, was an insightful educationist and pro-poor visionary from the nineteenth century. His pioneering efforts in starting a school attached to the first CMI monastery in Kerala made it possible to groom children without any trace of social discrimination, his innovative step in starting a process called “Pidiyari” was a sort of crowd-funding to support children from economically backward families his insistent attempts also made it possible to start a locally made printing press that eventually facilitated the cultivation of reading habit among ordinary people. In all, Saint Chavara’s efforts in education were with integral and inclusive outlook and as a result he could develop a generation that was literate, broad-minded, and generous he could widen their horizons and enable them to dream of a society that was treading on the path of integral and inclusive approach to life as well.
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