Paramahansa Mandali was founded by Dadoba Panderung in 1849 and was one of the most effective socio-cultural organizations that had its influence across the state of Maharashtra.
The Parmahansa Mandali was founded in Poona, Satara and other towns of Maharashtra. Its followers had faith in one God and they opposed caste system.
During the phase of conceptualization, most of the leaders of Paramahansa Mandali and Manav Dharma Sabha were common and shared similar ideologies.
The Mandali denied the polytheism of popular Hinduism, the caste system and the Brahmanical monopoly of knowledge.
At its meetings, members took food cooked by low-caste people. They favoured education of women and supported widow remarriage.
For all their ideologies the Mandali worked on two basic principles. Firstly, that the members of the Mandali would not attack any religion. The second principle was that, they would reject any religion which claimed that it had `the infallible record of Gods revelation to man.
Parmahansa Mandali
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