Swami Sachchidanand

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For Indian yoga guru, see Swami Satchidananda Saraswati.
Swami Sachchidanand
Gujarati
Notable awardsNarmad Suvarna Chandrak (1984)
Padma Bhushan (2022)
Website
sachchidanandjiblog.org

Swami Sachchidanand (22 April 1932), born as Nanalal Motilal Trivedi, is an Indian social reformer, philosopher, welfare activist, humanitarian, religious ascetic and writer from

civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of Literature and Education.[1][2]

Life

Swami Sachchidanand was born on 22 April 1932 in Moti Chandur village in Patan district of Gujarat, India. At the age of 21, he left home and after travelling all over India, in 1956, he took the initiation of sanyasa to Swami Muktanandji 'Paramahansa' in Firozpur town of Punjab, India.[3] His purvashram name was Nanalal Motilal Trivedi. In 1966, he received the degree of Vedantacharya from Varanasi Sanskrit University. In 1969, he established Sri Bhakti Niketan Ashram[4] located in Dantali village in Anand district of Gujarat, India.[3]

Writing

On the occasion of the release of the sixth volume of the Gujarati Vishwakosh, Bholabhai Patel, Narhari Amin, Swami Sachchidananda, Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak', Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai; 8 October 1994

Mara Anubhavo (1985) and Videshyatrana prerak prasango (1985) are his biographical volumes. Bhartiya Darshano (1979), Sansar Ramayana (1984), Vedanta Samiksha (1987), Shrikrishnalila Rahasya, Mahabharat Sar, etc., are his spiritual and cultural texts.

Hindi and English.[3]

Awards

Swami Sachchidanand has received

civilian award of Padma Bhushan in 2022 for his distinguished contribution in the field of Literature and Education.[5][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients". mint. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ^ a b "Padma Shree for Swami Sachidanand, Padma Shri for six other Gujaratis". 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e Trivedi, Chimanlal. "Swami Sachchidanand". In Thakar, Dhirubhai (ed.). Gujarati Vishvkosh (ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ). Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust.
  4. ^ "Swami Sachidanand gets regular bail". The Times of India. 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  5. ^ Gujarati, TV9 (2022-01-25). "સ્વામી સચ્ચિદાનંદને પદ્મભૂષણ અન્ય સાત ગુજરાતી પદ્મશ્રી એવોર્ડથી સન્માનિત". TV9 Gujarati (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2022-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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