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Govindananda Bharati

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Govindananda Bharati
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Born
Jayanthan Nambudiripad

(1826-09-27)27 September 1826 (reputedly)
Akkikkavu, Thrissur District, Kerala, India
Died30 January 1963(1963-01-30) (aged 136)
Dhruvasthali, Kathmandu
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophySwadharma
Religious career
GuruOruvannoor Pazhoor Achyuthan

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Govindananda Bharati also known as Shivapuri Baba was a Hindu saint and a traveller hermit who taught the world swadharma, the ancient system of living. He is the first Keralite to encircle the world (almost entirely on foot) and earned the name Malayali Magellan.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Born as Jayanthan Nambudiripad in Akkikkavu of Thrissur District, purportedly in 1826, he lost his family at the age of 9. He was born along with his twin sister.[3] His grandfather Achyutam, who was a well known astrologer in the court of Tipu Sultan, looked after him. By the age of sixteen he had completed his education of four Vedas, Ayurveda, and Dhanurveda. He left his home when he was 24 with his grandfather. He served his grandfather and attained Iswarasakshatkaram in Amarantaka forest of Madhya Pradesh. After getting enlightenment, he became sanyasi in Sringeri Math and changed his name to Govindananda Bharathi.

Only after living in the Shivapuri peak of Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park for more than 25 years, he came to be known by the name of Shivapuri Baba, as locals called him. John G. Bennett had made contact with the Shivapuri Baba, a Hindu sage living in Nepal. He had first heard of the Shivapuri Baba in the early 1940s, and now learned from Hugh Ripman (a fellow student of Ouspensky) that the yogi was still alive. Bennett visited the Shivapuri Baba twice between 1961 and 1963, by which time the Shivapuri Baba was reportedly 136 years old. Bennett was impressed with the vitality and simplicity of the Shivapuri Baba's teaching, and later referred to him as his teacher. Bennett undertook to propagate the Shivapuri Baba's teaching and made various attempts to incorporate it into his own work.

Shivapuri Baba died in 1963, shortly after he had approved the draft for his biography, Bennett's Long Pilgrimage - The Life and Teaching of the Shivapuri Baba.[4]

Controversy[edit]

The year of birth of Govindananda Bharati is 1826.His place of birth was in Akkikkavu, Thrissur District, Kerala. One of the member of his family, O.P.V. Nampoothirippad donated to construct a memorial in Akkikkavu in 2012. S. Rajendu conducted a mass orientation programme on Baba's teachings and messages by writing a book: Swadharmam adhava Samyak jeevitham.

References[edit]

  1. "Govindananda Bharati memorial comes up in Thrissur". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. "The legend of Shivpuri Baba". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  3. Timilsina, Bishnu Prasad. Swadharma. p. 1. Search this book on
  4. HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES, LTD. - Shivapuri Baba


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