6. Prospects of the sect.
The census of 1911 showed the Arya Samāj to be in a flourishing and progressive condition. There seems good reason to suppose that its success may continue, as it meets a distinct religious and social requirement of educated Hindus. Narsinghpur is the principal centre of the sect in the Central Provinces, and here an orphanage is maintained with about thirty inmates; the local members have an āta fund, to which they daily contribute a handful of flour, and this accumulates and is periodically made over to the orphanage. There is also a Vedic school at Narsinghpur, and a Sanskrit school has been started at Drūg.[9]
[1] Cults, Customs, p. 130.
[2] Maclagan, Punjab Census Report, p. 174.
[3] Burn, United Provinces Census Report, p. 82.
[4] Cults, Customs, p. 144.
[5] Ibidem, pp. 176, 177.
[6] Cults, Customs, pp. 148, 149.
[7] Maclagan, l.c.
[8] Ibidem.
[9] J. T. Marten, Census Report (1911).