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	\|birth_name = Kalyandev ji Maharaj		\|birth_name = Kalyandev ji Maharaj
	\|birth_date = 26 June 1876 (claimed)		\|birth_date = 21 June 1876 (claimed)
	\|birth_place = Kotana, [[Bagpat district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]		\|birth_place = Kotana, [[Bagpat district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
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	'''Kalyandev ji Maharaj''' (~~died~~ 14 July 2004), known as '''Swami Kalyandev''', was an [[India]]n-born [[asceticism\|ascetic]] who was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in India, for his social work in the villages of India.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Chandra\|first=Suresh\|title=Hale and Hearty: Ever After Fifty\|publisher=Pustak Mahal \|year=2004 \|isbn=978-81-223-0690-3 \|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Limca Book of Records\|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Ltd.\|year=2001}}</ref>		'''Kalyandev ji Maharaj''' (21 June 1876 – 14 July 2004), known as '''Swami Kalyandev''', was an [[India]]n-born [[asceticism\|ascetic]] who was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in India, for his social work in the villages of India.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Chandra\|first=Suresh\|title=Hale and Hearty: Ever After Fifty\|publisher=Pustak Mahal \|year=2004 \|isbn=978-81-223-0690-3 \|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Limca Book of Records\|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Ltd.\|year=2001}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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{{Infobox person
|birth_name = Kalyandev ji Maharaj
|birth_date = 26 June 1876 (claimed)
|birth_place = Kotana, [[Bagpat district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|death_place = India
|death_date = 14 July 2004 (claimed age 128)
|known_for = Alleged [[supercentenarian]] status
|nationality = [[India]]n
}}
'''Kalyandev ji Maharaj''' (died 14 July 2004), known as '''Swami Kalyandev''', was an [[India]]n-born [[asceticism|ascetic]] who was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in India, for his social work in the villages of India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chandra|first=Suresh|title=Hale and Hearty: Ever After Fifty|publisher=Pustak Mahal |year=2004 |isbn=978-81-223-0690-3 |page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Limca Book of Records|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Ltd.|year=2001}}</ref>

==Biography==
Swami Kalyandev was born as '''Kaluram''' on the claimed date of 26 June 1876, in the village of Kotana, [[Bagpat district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and grew up in [[Muzaffarnagar|Mundbhar, Muzaffarnagar]]. In his youth, he traveled to [[Ayodhya]] and [[Haridwar]]. While in [[Haridwar]] he heard of [[Swami Vivekananda]]'s visit to [[Khetri]], and traveled there to meet him.<ref name="Vedanta">{{cite web|url=http://www.eng.vedanta.ru/library/prabuddha_bharata/May2005_swami_kalyandev.php|title=Swami Kalyandev: A Lamp that Swamiji Lighted|publisher=Vedanta.ru|access-date=2008-10-30}}</ref>

On his return from Khetri, Kalyandev became the disciple of Swami Purnananda of [[Muni Ki Reti]], [[Rishikesh]]. Purananda named him Swami Kalyandev. Kalyandev did [[tapasya]] in the [[Himalaya]]s for a few years but then decided to help the poor people of his region.<ref name="Vedanta" /> Kalyandev established almost three hundred schools and medical facilities for the people of western [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Delhi]] and elsewhere.<ref name="Sanjay">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001223/windows/main2.htm|title=The grand old seer|last=Austa|first=Sanjay|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=2008-10-30}}</ref> He was also noted for his advocacy against untouchability and the caste system.<ref name="Pankul Sharma" />

Kalyandev also supported rebuilding of neglected religious and historical sites. He renovated a monument in Shuktal, [[Muzaffarnagar]] associated with [[Shuka]].<ref name="Pankul Sharma">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Governor-pays-tributes-to-Swami-Kalyan-Dev/articleshow/48074809.cms|title=Governor pays tributes to Swami Kalyan Dev|last=Sharma|first=Pankul|date=14 July 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> There, he also established the Shukadeva Ashrama and Seva Samiti. He also renovated parts of [[Hastinapur]], and several pilgrimage sites in [[Haryana]].<ref name="Vedanta"/><ref name="Muzaffarnagar">{{cite web|url=http://muzaffarnagar.nic.in/kalayand.htm|title=Sant Shiromani Swami Kalyan Dev Ji Maharaj|publisher=Muzaffarnagar.nic.in|access-date=2008-10-30}}</ref>

===Later life===
In 1982 he received the [[Padma Sri]] award, and in 2000 he received the [[Padma Bhushan]]. He was also awarded an honorary D.Litt. by [[Meerut University]]. In the late 1980s future Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] came to Shukatal to pray along with his wife and Kalyandev told him to do his first rally near Bhayla. His advice has been credited with repopularizing Singh as a politician.<ref name="Vedanta"/>

During an interview, Kalyandev said his inspiration came in 1893, when he met Vivekananda in Khetri, who said to him, "If you want to see God, go to the huts of the poor. And if you want to attain God, then serve the poor, the helpless, the downtrodden and the miserable." Kalyandev stated that to attain God through service of the poor is the [[mantra]] he received from Swamiji.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swami Kalyan dev Interview|date=14 October 2003|newspaper=[[Amar Ujala]]}}</ref>

Swami Kalyandev died in [[India]] on 14 July 2004. His age has been disputed due to uncertainty surrounding his birth date.

==See also==
*[[Longevity claims]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}

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