Dharmaram College

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)

Dharmaram College
Other name
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
MottoIsha Bhakti Paramjnanam
Motto in English
"Devotion to Lord is Supreme Wisdom"
TypeRoman Catholic Seminary; Continuing Formation Institute, Clerical Residence
Established1918 at Chethipuzha (106 years ago); 21 June 1957 relocated to Bangalore(67 years ago)
RectorRev. Dr. Paul Achandy CMI
Location
Bangalore, India

12°56′10.8″N 77°36′10.5″E
AffiliationsSyro-Malabar Catholic Church; Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
Websitedharmaram.in

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.

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram
Main article: Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

Established at Dharmaram College, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law is an ecclesiastical research institution of higher learning. In the year 1965, it became affiliated to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, which was later made into an autonomous Pontifical Athenaeum with degree granting rights from Vatican, under the direction of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and is empowered to award academic degrees up to PhD in Philosophy and Theology, and Licentiate in Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, and Formative Spirituality and Counselling.[5]

See also

Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

References
  1. "Home". cmi.in.
  2. 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.
  3. "Home". dharmaram.in.
  4. "Dharmaram College, Bangalore - A Major Seminary of the CMI Congregation". Nelson MCBS. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. DVK official website, retrieved 2024-03-05
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