Key facts
- Born
- 19 October 1920, Maharashtra
- Died
- 25 October 2003, Mumbai
- State of birth
- Maharashtra, Maharashtra
- Sector
- Philosophy & thought
- Profession
- Indian philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer (1920–2003)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, also known as Dada /Dadaji, was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar in 1954. Swadhyaya is a self-study process based on the Bhagavad Gita which has spread across nearly 100,000 villages in India, Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and other Asian countries with five million adherents. Noted for his discourses on the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas and the Upanishads.
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Timeline
- 1920Born in Maharashtra
- 1996Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
- 2003Dies in Mumbai
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5