Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)
Hindu monk and teacher (1930–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. For other uses, see Swami Dayananda (disambiguation).
Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was a renunciate monk of the Hindu Saraswati order of sannyasa. He was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta.[1] He was the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in Pennsylvania, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the spiritual Guru of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, (the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India), for his service to the nation in the field of spiritualism in 2016.[2]
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Swami Dayananda Saraswati | |
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Personal | |
Born | Natarajan Gopala Iyer (1930-08-15)15 August 1930 |
Died | 23 September 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 85) |
Religion | Hinduism |
Nationality | Indian |
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Founder of | Arsha Vidya Gurukulam AIM For Seva Swami Dayananda Educational Trust |
Philosophy | Advaita Vedanta |
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