The samadhi for Saswathikananda Swamikal was placed beside the Maha Samadhi of former Dharma Sangom Trust secretary, Sree Narayana Theertar, a few yards away from Swami's abode. The inmates of the Mutt and the people are Varkala are struggling to come to terms with the reality of the untimely departure of this holy saint, who shone as the spiritual light of the Mutt and the populace. The holy Sivagiri hills stand numbed and shocked by the untimely departure of Swami Saswathikananda. He had come from the state capital to take part in the meeting of the Sree Narayana Dharma Sangh Swami was swept away while taking bath at the Adwaitashram Ghat. It was during this period he became noticed at the national level.Ī deep enthusiast and expert in science and all other areas, he took care to impart Guru Deva visions and teachings to the masses in the simplest form that even children can understand.Īt the age 52 in July 2002 Swami Saswathikananda, former head of the Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram, drowned in the Periyar River at Aluva morning. Later, he became Dharma Sangom Trust member, general secretary and then president. From then on, he was known as Swami Saswathikananda. After returning to Sivagiri, he was bestowed with sainthood from the president of the Dharma Sangom Trust, Swami Bhramandanda in 1977. This course opened the doors to the intricate world Sanskrit and the enlightened world of Gurudeva darshan.Īfter education, for over one and a half years, he wandered around holy places in the Himalayas. He was considered as a brilliant and diligent student. He completed the seven-year Bhrama Vidya education under the guidance of eminent Sanskrit scholar, H M Shastrikal and language expert, Prof. He joined the Vidyalaya in the first batch. During his third year, in 1972, the Bhrama Vidyalaya was started in Sivagiri. Sasidharan first passed Pre Degree course and then joined for B A at the Sivagiri S N College. He returned to Sivagiri by the advice of Yogini Amma. From there he reached the abode of Thriprayar Yogini Amma. Sasidharan was a pet of Swami Eshwarananda, the then President of the Ashram. After passing out SSLC from the Sivagiri school, he was an inmate of the Sri Krishna Ashram at Purrnattukara. By 15, he had mastered the Upanishads and Gurudeva literature.Īt that time itself, the saints of the Sivagiri Mutt noticed the spiritual qualities of this active boy. Along with his schooling at Sivagiri School, Sasidharan also worked as priest in the Sharada Mutt.
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Sasidharan's took his education at Sivagiri. Later, he became the president of Dharma Sangam Trust. Kausalya's father's eldest brother, Swami Kumarananda was a close disciple of Gurudevan.
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He came to Sivagiri in his childhood itself. His mother, Smt, Kausalya hailed from Varkala. Chellapan of Pazhanchira Kayikara family. Swami Saswathikananda was born in an ordinary Ezhava family in Kuthumkalumoodu, Manacadu in Thiruvananthapuram in 1952. As a boy, Sasidharan, who had later become Swami Saswathikananda, was well versed in Upanishads and Sree Narayana literature. He was born in 1952 at Kuthumkallumoottu, near Manacadu in Thiruvananthapuram. He was at the helm of the Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham for quite a long time as its member and general secretary. The 52-year-old Swamiji, in fact, dedicated his life for the growth of the Sivagiri Mutt and the centres connected with the life organiser, he was very amenable and sophisticated and had wielded considerable clout among his followers and others. Swami Saswathikananda was a spiritual leader who took the Sivagiri Mutt, the main pilgrimage centre of the followers of the Sree Narayana Guru, to the pinnacle of glory at the international level.
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