RISHIKESH, INDIA, November 23, 2001: His Holiness, Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj, of Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, who was one of the foremost disciples of Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj of Rishikesh, passed away and attained Maha Samadhi today, Friday, November 23, 2001 at 4:30pm at Sivananda Ashram. He had served as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society founded by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj for more than forty years. He was a well-known sannyasi all over Uttarakhand, an example of dispassion, detachment and discipline. He was one of the greatest living philosophers of the world, with a great mastery over both Indian and Western philosophy. His mortal body has been kept for the last view of his innumerable devotees and will be given Samadhi on Sunday, November 25 in the morning.
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