Dharmaram College

Seminary in Bangalore, India

12°56′10.8″N 77°36′10.5″E / 12.936333°N 77.602917°E / 12.936333; 77.602917AffiliationsSyro-Malabar Catholic Church; Carmelites of Mary ImmaculateWebsitedharmaram.in

Dharmaram College is a major seminary of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate^[1] congregation.^[2]^[3] It was started in 1918 at Chethipuzha, Kerala and relocated to Bangalore, India in 1957.^[4] It is the combination of the Sanskrit words dharma (virtue) and arāma (garden) or "Rāma" (Almighty, NOT Vishnu's avatar) that makes the word Dharmaram, which means 'Garden of Virtues'. The 'Garden of Virtues' symbolizes the Sacred Heart of Jesus to which Dharmaram is dedicated to. "Isabhakti Paramjnanam" (Love of God is the Supreme Wisdom) is the motto of Dharmaram. (It is to be noted that "Isa" could also mean "Ishwara" / Almighty)

The aim of Dharmaram is to form holistically, spiritually, intellectually and culturally future generation priests who are prepared to commit themselves to the service of the Church and the world.

References

^ "Home". cmi.in.
^ Tanner, Norman (30 November 2010). Church in Council: Conciliar Movements, Religious Practice and the Papacy from Nicea to Vatican II. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857718884.
^ "Home". dharmaram.in.
^ "Dharmaram College, Bangalore - A Major Seminary of the CMI Congregation". Nelson MCBS. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2018.