Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)

Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
	His Holiness Swami Dayananda Saraswati, from the private collection of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.
Personal life
Born	Natarajan Gopala Iyer; 15 August 1930; Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Died	23 September 2015 (aged 85); Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Nationality	Indian
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Founder of	Arsha Vidya Gurukulam; AIM For Seva; Swami Dayananda Educational Trust
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta
Website	Official website

Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was a renunciate monk of the Hindu Saraswati order of sannyasa. He was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta.^[1] He was the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in Pennsylvania, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the spiritual Guru of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, (the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India), for his service to the nation in the field of spirituality in 2016.^[2]

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[2] "PM Narendra Modi's Spiritual Guru Dayanand Saraswati Gets Padma Bhushan". NDTV. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

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