Spiritual leaders
While making arrangements for his travel abroad, he came across a book about Swami Vivekananda's philosophy. The book had a profound impact on his mind. He started visiting Ramakrishna Matt in Mylapore often and had discussions with Swamijis. Finally, he decided to become a sanyasi and went to Ramakrishna Mission in Belur, West Bengal. His guru was Swami Shivananda who was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
As per the wish and advice of Swami Sivananda, he returned to Tamil Nadu and established an Ashram near Ooty. In the early forties (1942), he established the Ramakrishna Tapovanam in Tiruparaithurai, Tiruchi district. Since then, Tapovanam has established several educational institutions in Tamil Nadu and propagates the ideals of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda through religious and social activities such as book publishing.
Swami Chidbhavananda has authored more than a hundred books in Tamil and English. His books address a variety of topics ranging from deep philosophical enquiry to contemporary social life.
He has written a lot of dramas based on ancient Hindu scriptures that are performed by Students. His commentary on the Gita in English and Tamil has been praised. Swami was died in 1985.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Kindle version of Swami Chidbhavananda’s Bhagavad Gita through video conference on Mar 11' 2021.
He was the author of philosophical and spiritual books. He had a core of founding disciples who compiled his translations and updated commentaries on traditional handbooks of yoga such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita for modern readers.
Swami became a US citizen in 1976 after being granted a resident visa as the first US "Minister of Divine Words.
On 19 August 2002, Swami Satchidananda died after speaking at World Congress on Global Vision and Strategies for Peace, Nonviolence and Harmony in South India.[15] His funeral took place in Buckingham, Virginia on 22 August at Chidambaram, a designated shrine for contemplation facing the ecumenical shrine, LOTUS (Light Of Truth Universal Light) which Satchidananda Saraswati considered the most important part of all his life's work.
