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'''Arya Kanya Gurukul''' situated at [[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], is a girls [[K-12]] boarding school in [[India]].<ref name=a>[http://www.mehtagroup.com/csr.html]</ref><ref name=b/><ref name=c>Education for women's empowerment:gender-positive initiatives in pace-setting women's colleges</ref>
==History==
The school was set up in 1936 by [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] industrialist and [[philanthropist]], Shri [[Nanji Kalidas Mehta]], the founder of [[Mehta Group]]. His association with [[Gandhiji]] and inspiration he got from [[Arya Samaj]] leaders culminated into founding of the school.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singhvi|first1=Dr L. M.|title=Light of Indian Intellect|date=2012|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=9788184301250|pages=168-169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AJ0BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA169&dq=gandhi+visit+arya+kanya+gurukul&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzk7DTgcjXAhUaTI8KHRl2CvkQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=gandhi%20visit%20arya%20kanya%20gurukul&f=false|accessdate=18 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name=a/><ref name=b>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kirtimandir.org/founder.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103215904/http://www.kirtimandir.org/founder.html |archive-date=3 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=c/><ref>[http://www.porbandaronline.com/cityguide/education.htm ARYA KANYA GURUKUL,JUBILEE ROAD, PORBANDAR]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/risefallofphil00greg/page/83 ] The rise and fall of philanthropy in East Africa: the Asian contribution By Robert G. Gregory.</ref> Nanji Kalidas was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and principle of Arya Samaj and he therefore made foundation stone of Gurukul to be laid by a [[Dalit]] girl, a revolutionary step in those times.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Indiresan|first1=Jaya|title=Education for women's empowerment: gender-positive initiatives in pace-setting women's colleges|date=2002|publisher=Konark Publishers|pages=306|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_GeAAAAMAAJ&dq=ARYA+KANYA+GURUKUL+FOUNDATION+HARIJAN&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+FOUNDATION+DALIT|accessdate=18 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>The school have been visited by dignitaries like Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]], Dr. [[Radhakrishnan]], [[Giani Zail Singh]], Pt. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Smt. [[Indira Gandhi]], Shri [[Morarji Desai]], Shri [[Rajiv Gandhi]], Smt. [[Sonia Gandhi]] and more recently, the President Mrs. [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref name=a/><ref>[http://presidentofindia.nic.in/re031009-2.html The President Visits Arya Kanya Gurukul in Porbandar]</ref>

==Ideology==
The education system at Gurukul is a blend of Vedic heritage and modern educational systems with an orientation towards science and technology based on [[Arya Samaj]] principles.<ref name=a/><ref name=b/><ref name=c/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8obZYiYJf0C&pg=PA335&dq=arya+kanya+gurukul+porbandar&hl=en&ei=k_P2Tf_5GMrYrQee4bCwCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=arya%20kanya%20gurukul%20porbandar&f=false] Rajasthan & Gujarat handbook: the travel guide By Robert Bradnock, Roma Bradnock.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=k_P2Tf_5GMrYrQee4bCwCA&ct=result&id=mBhPAAAAMAAJ&dq=arya+kanya+gurukul+porbandar&q=arya+kanya+gurukul+#search_anchor] India:a handbook of travel by P.B.Roy, 1975</ref>

==Campus==
The school complex is set amidst 90 acre sylvan surroundings.

==See also==
* [[List of Gurukul]]s

==References==
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