Major Activities of the Guyana Central Arya Samaj

Due to fact that the Annual General Meeting has now been converted to the Biennial General Meeting in September 2003, the Central Executives of the GCAS saw it appropriate to start the Biennial National Arya Samaj Conference to alternate with the General Elections. Hence, in 2004, the first Biennial Arya Samaj Conference was held and will continue to be held every two years on the last Sunday in the month of September.

The Aim of Establishing the Conference is:
to provide a platform for Arya Samajists across Guyana to congregate in an effort to engage in constructive discussions to promote positive growth of the Arya Samaj in Guyana.

The conference is all-inclusive, meaning that full participation is expected from all mandirs across the country with presentations being made by each mandir. Discussions at each Biennial Conference will be centered around a central these which will be chosen by a Conference Committee.

1st Biennial Arya Samaj Conference - Georgetown 2004
The First Biennial National Arya Samaj Conference was held on September 26th, 2004 in Georgetown. The theme chosen was: "Religious Values in the Society Today". The aim of the 2004 Conference was to analyse the declining status of religious values in today's society in an effort to progressively encourage the inculcation and strengthening of these values. One of the many mandates of the Arya Samaj is the teaching and the propagation of religious values in the society. To teach and propagate moral values, one needs to inculcate these values in their life and live by example. The temple is an instrumental factor in the propagation of religious values. The conference sought to determine what measures/mechanisms can be employed by the individual, by families and by the Arya Samaj to encourage the inculcation of moral values in life.

2nd Biennial Arya Samaj Conference - Skeldon 2006
In August 2006, the Second Biennial Arya Samaj Conference was held for 2 days (August 11th-12th) at the Skeldon High School Auditorium, Corriverton, Berbice. This conference was held in August to coincide with the week of celebrations to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Arya Vir Dal in Guyana. Along with the conference other activities were held in the Corriverton region including the 50th Annual Arya Vir Dal Camp at No. 78 Village. In honour of the event the theme chosen was: "Arya Vir Dal in the Modern World".The Aim of the conference was to reflect and analyse the Arya Vir Dal movement from it's origins to present day and the relevance of it in the modern world in an effort to reverse it's declining influence on today's youths. General discussions and presentations were focused on the following objectives: to recall the origin and purpose of Arya Vir Dal movement in India and it's spread to Guyana and the other parts of the world; to assess and recognize the declining influence of the Arya Vir Dal movement on youths of today; and to make suggestions towards the implementation of strategies towards highlighting the relevance of the Arya Vir Dal movement in modern society in a manner that will attract the attention of the modern youth. A special page has been created for details of the entire event.