Spiritual guru of Vedic Ashram dies, mortal remains flown to India for last rites

An eminent Hindu religious guru at a US-based ashram, imparting Vedic training for previous a number of many years, has died together with his frame being flown again to India for the remaining rites, his fans stated on Friday. (Representational Symbol)

An eminent Hindu religious guru at a US-based ashram, imparting Vedic training for previous a number of many years, has died together with his frame being flown again to India for the remaining rites, his fans stated on Friday.

Vp of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Pennsylvania Swami Pratyagbodhananda died on September 20 following a large center assault. He used to be 69.

The Arsha Vidya Gurukulam used to be based in 1986 by means of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a non secular guru of Top Minister Narendra Modi, on the urging of a couple of devoted scholars for a centre in the USA providing the normal learn about of Vedanta.

In keeping with a press unlock issued by means of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Pratyagbodhananda complained of chest ache and uneasiness after taking part within the gurukulam’s 34th anniversary celebrations, all the way through which he delivered one of the most major addresses.

An ambulance rushed him to a close-by clinic, the place medical doctors have been not able to restore him. He passed on to the great beyond because of myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. “He used to be a lot cherished and might be ignored by means of all,” the gurukulam stated.

Fluent in 3 languages — English, Gujarati and Hindi — Pratyagbodhananda taught now not most effective Vedantic texts just like the Gita, Upanishads and Panchadasi, but in addition Tulsi Ramayana and Bhagavata Purana. He had deliberate to go away for India by means of an Air India airplane on September 22. A couple of days later, his mortal stays have been flown by means of Air India from New York to Mumbai on September 25.

Pratyagbodhananda has a big following in India, particularly in Mumbai and Surat, the place his mortal stays had been saved for his devotees to have a last “darshan”. His remaining rites had been scheduled for Chanod in Baroda on Saturday.

In a commentary, the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam alleged that all the technique of taking the mortal stays of the Hindu religious guru “used to be very traumatic and felt disgusted for loss of cooperation from the officers”. It not on time all the procedure by means of 3 days.

Because of bureaucratic hurdles and pointless paper paintings, the mortal stays of Pratyagbodhananda have been saved on the Mumbai airport for greater than seven hours sooner than being taken to Surat, it stated. Brahmachari Suryanarayana, Pratyagbodhananda’s long-time disciple and helper, additionally travelled to accompany the casket, the media unlock stated.

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