Global InformationPandurangashram information
Swami Pāndurangāshram | |
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| Born | Kālappa Nāgar 1847(6th day of the month of Jyēshta) Mangalore(?), Karnataka |
| Died | 14 June 1915(2nd day of the month of Jyēshta) Shirali, Karnataka |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Philosophy | Shaivism Dharma as the way to live |
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| Guru | Swami Krishnāshram, Swami Raghunāth Shāstri |
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Swami Pāndurangāshram( Devanagari: पाण्डुरङगाश्रम्, Pan.du.ran.gā.śram) was the eighth guru of the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community(Head of the community) for 52 years, from 1863 to 1915 (the longest on record as of 2012). He had succeeded his teacher Swami Krishnāshram after the latter attained Mahā-Samādhi(died) in 1857.
Pāndurangāshram was a Sanskrit scholar, a Yogi and was a Jyothishi(astrologer) as well.[1] He believed in the Dharma(the correct way to live one's life) and was trained in the Sanskrit Scriptures under 'Swami Raghunāth Shāstri[2] and 8 other special scholars from Kashmir.[1]
Under his administration, several infrastructural changes were brought about in Chitrapur Village in Shirali and it was made as a "model village" with aspects of town-planning. Moreover all the samādhis(Shrines) of the previous Mathādhipatis(or Gurus) were reconstructed.
He brought about many social changes in the community. He was a firm believer in Dharma and reprimanded those who did not follow it. He imposed a ban on foreign visits and excommunicated anyone who went abroad.
Pāndurangāshram died in 1915 and was succeeded by his shishya(disciple) Ānandāshram. His samādhi(Shrine) is located within the premises of the Chitrapur Math in Shirali.
- ^ a b "H. H. Shrimat Pandurangashram Swami (Shirali)". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Divgi, Jyothi (2002). Anugraha-A Saga of Cascading Grace. Shri Chitrapur Math Publication. p. 118.