Hansraj College

Yagyashala

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VVRI Centre: Standing by the doctrine of Mahatma Hansraj and DAV philosophy, the college has an established Vishva Bandhu Centre of Indian Culture (Delhi Unit), that is affiliated to Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute (VVRI), Hoshiarpur, Panjab. The VVRI center has pioneered the preparation of a Vedic Lexicon and brought out the alphabetical indices to the Padapathas of Rigveda, Yajurveda,Samveda and Atharvaveda. The VVRI center now works in alliance with the research department of D.A.V. College Management for the collection, preservation and publication of ancient texts.

• The Hansraj unit of the center houses around five thousand books in Sanskrit/Urdu/English related to Vedas and Upanishads.
• To inculcate Vedic culture, a monthly havan is organized in the VVRI center on the 1st Tuesday of every month what is attended by the chairman, the governing body, the principal, the teaching and the non-teaching staff and the students.
• To inculcate a healthy lifestyle, a yoga instructor from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi conducts two batches (separately for men and women) of an hour long yoga session every day in the VVRI center for the teaching and non-teaching staff and the students.