Swami Ramanand Teerth Mahavidyalaya

SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH , a born Karmayogi, always preferred working with masses and rescuing them from tyranny. Like Mahatma Gandhi?s inspiring living-principle of non-violence and truth, Swamiji?s love for the suffering masses and his zeal to awaken them brought him close to the people at large. Born on October 3, 1903, in Sindge village in Bijapur district in Karnataka, Venkatesh had his primary education at Gangapur village, the famous abode of Lord Narasimha Saraswati the Incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. He could complete his middle school education at kalyani and later high school education from sholapur. Always sensitive to the people?s urges young venkatesh found new hope in his yearning for freedom when Mahatma Gandhi launched his famous non-cooperation movement. He was then just 19 years. Though fully involved in non-cooperation religious fervour. He took his B.A., Degree from the Tilak Vidyapeeth, Pune standing first in the University; and then proceeded to pass the M.A. Examination, with flying colours, by writing a thesis on ?Evolution of Democracy ?. In 1927, young Venkatesh joined N.M. Joshi, the father of Indian Trade Union Movement, as an activist at Sholapur. But his restless soul was looking forward to more challenging jobs. He joined the Hipparga school as the Head Master in June 1929. Hipparga was then a small hamlet in Osmanabad district, now in Maharashtra State.