Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)

This article is about the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. For other uses, see Swami Dayananda (disambiguation).

Swami Dayananda Saraswati
His Holiness Swami Dayananda Saraswati, from the private collection of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
Personal
Born
Natarajan Gopala Iyer

(1930-08-15)15 August 1930
Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Died23 September 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 85)
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
Organization
Founder ofArsha Vidya Gurukulam
AIM For Seva
Swami Dayananda Educational Trust
PhilosophyAdvaita Vedanta

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 spirituality in 2016.[2]

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  2. ^ "PM Narendra Modi's Spiritual Guru Dayanand Saraswati Gets Padma Bhushan". NDTV. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2023.