https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=TejomayanandaTejomayananda - Revision history2026-11-15T04:42:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tejomayananda&diff=539942&oldid=prevNasimahamad.vitaniya at 05:08, 31 January 20262026-01-31T05:08:22Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Hindu spiritual leader}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox Hindu leader|<br />
| name = H.H. Swami Tejomayananda Saraswati (Pujya Guruji)<br />
| image = Tejomayananda-cropped.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| alt = <br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|30|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
| birth_name = Sudhakar Kaitwade<br />
| guru = [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]]<br />
| philosophy = <br />
| honors = <br />
| literary_works = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
{{Hindu philosophy}}<br />
<br />
'''Swami Tejomayananda Saraswati''' (born 30 June 1950), also known as '''Pujya''' '''Guruji''' and born '''Sudhakar Kaitwade''', is an Indian spiritual leader. He was head of [[Chinmaya Mission]] from 1994 to 2017, until he was succeeded by Swami Swaroopananda in 2017.<ref name="ChinmayaHome"><br />
{{cite web<br />
|title = Swami Tejomayananda<br />
|publisher = Chinamaya Mission<br />
|url = https://www.chinmayamission.com/global/swami-tejomayananda<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080531224613/http://www.chinmayamission.com/swami-tejomayananda.php<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-date = 31 May 2008<br />
|access-date = 17 June 2013<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
<br />
==Initiation and disciplehood==<br />
In 1970, Sudhakar Kaitwade was a physics student at [[Bhopal]], when he was about to complete his master's degree in physics. After attending couple of talks of [[Swami Chinmayananda]] on [[Bhagavad Gita]], Sudhakar Kaitwade was inspired to join Chinmaya Mission's residential Vedanta course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai. Upon completing the course in 1975, he was initiated as Brahmachari Vivek Chaitanya and also studied under Swami [[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)]] who was conducting the long-term resident course.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 2009 |title=Swami Dayananda Saraswati. His Life and Work |url=http://www.arshavidya.in/Newsletter/Aug09/swamiji-his-life-and-work.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721042825/http://www.arshavidya.in/Newsletter/Aug09/swamiji-his-life-and-work.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=www.arshavidya.in}}</ref><ref name="ChinmayaHome"/><br />
<br />
On 21 October 1983, Swami Chinmayananda initiated him into [[sannyasa]], bestowing upon him the name Swami Tejomayananda.<ref name="ChinmayaHome"/><br />
<br />
==Missionary work==<br />
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Swami Tejomayananda, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016.jpg|thumb|left|The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Swami Tejomayananda, on April 12, 2016]]<br />
As the Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide, Swami Tejomayananda&nbsp;– known in the Mission as Pujya Guruji&nbsp;– has been involved in several projects, including the [[Chinmaya International Residential School]] in Coimbatore, the Chinmaya Centre of World Understanding in New Delhi, the [[Chinmaya International Foundation]] near Cochin, the Chinmaya Heritage Centre in Chennai, the expansion of the Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Bangalore and the Chinmaya Vibhooti Vision Centre near Pune.<br />
<br />
He has travelled internationally extensively. Throughout his travels, he conducts [[jnana yajna]]s (3-7 day Vedanta lecture series) in different cities and various countries every week.<br />
<br />
==Roles==<br />
Swami Tejomayananda has served several roles in Chinmaya Mission, including<br />
* Acharya of the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya ashram in [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]] (1983–1989)<br />
* Acharya of Chinmaya Mission's center at [[San Jose, California]], USA (1989–1993)<br />
* Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide (1993–2017)<br />
<br />
==Awards==<br />
<br />
* Swami Tejomayananda was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2016.<ref name=pib2016>{{cite press release |title=This Year's Padma Awards announced |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783 |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
Swami Tejomayananda has published more than 100 books on Vedanta.<br />
<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
| title = Books written by Tejomayananda<br />
| url = https://www.google.com/search?q=tejomayananda#sa=N&hl=en&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Swami+Tejomayananda%22&ei=do_AUfOxAoi28wSYq4CoBQ&ved=0CC8Q9AgwAA&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47883778,d.aWM&fp=bf0bc5b263787b9e&biw=1106&bih=530<br />
| access-date = 17 June 2013}}<br />
</ref> He is also a prolific composer and poet, amidst his fluency in four languages - English, Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. His poetry describing Vedantic concepts are also renowned. <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.chinmayamission.com/itinerary/itinerary_tejomayananda/ Swami Tejomayananda - Official Page]<br />
* [http://www.chinmayamission.com/itinerary/itinerary_tejomayananda/ Swami Tejomayananda's Itinerary]<br />
* [http://chinfo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89 Chinmaya International Foundation Trustees]<br />
* [https://eshop.chinmayamission.com/collections/author-swami-tejomayananda Books By Swami Tejomayananda]<br />
<br />
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tejomayananda}}<br />
[[Category:1950 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Hindu monks]]<br />
[[Category:Vedanta]]<br />
[[Category:Advaitin philosophers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian spiritual writers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields]]<br />
[[Category:Indian public speakers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian religious writers]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhopal]]</div>Nasimahamad.vitaniya