Ahmedabad, 7 May 2013

Nirvana Pithadhishwar Acharya Mahamandleshwar and chief priest of Ahmedabad’s Sanyas Ashram(Ashram road) Swami Vishvadewanand Puri passed away today afternoon in a car accident on Dehradun-Haridwar road in Uttaranchal.

Born in Brahman family on 12-12-1949, he showed signs of fervor towards spirituality during his childhood. He read many Vedic scriptures in his childhood which progressively developed in him a resolve to lead a Sanyasi’s (A life of renunciation) life. He was initiated into an order of Sanyasis of Adi Shankaracharya, by Nirvana Pithadhishwar Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Shri Atulananda Puriji (Vedant keshari).

He studied M.A.in English,Acharya in Darshan , Vedas, Upanishads, Yoga and other ancient scriptures under the guidance of great saints of India. Following Vedic tradition of Great Sanyas Ashram Elise Bridg Ahemdabad and the land of scholars the great tradition of Govind Math, Varanasi, he spent many years of life in intense penance and Sadhana (spiritual practices for self realization) at many places in Himalayas including, Punjab, Gujarat forests Haridwar and Varanasi and on the banks of river Ganges.

He was the founder of Visva Kalyan Foundation in Haridwar.

Shri Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhada designated him as prime saint in 1985 at the Haridwar Maha Kumbh. He had then been appointed as Acharya Mahamandleshwar i.e. the leader of all the saints of Mahanirvani Akhada. As the Acharya Mahamandleshwar of the Akhada, Maharaj Shri was Chairman of various Ashrams situated at Haridwar, Varanasi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad etc.Maharaj Shri established The First Shri Yantra Mandir of world made by stone. This temple is situated in Kankhal, Haridwar , Uttrakhanda(Himalyas) India.

Maharaj was member of the Vishva Hindu Prishad’s Margadarshan Samiti. He was honored by Chief guest of Rashtriya Savayam Sevak Sangh (R.S.S.) many times.