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| | |name = Shivakumara Swamigalu | ||
| | |image =Shivakumara Swami.png | ||
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|caption = Shivakumara Swamiji, Siddaganga Matha, Tumkuru, Karnataka. | |||
|birth_date = {{birthdate|1907|4|1|df=y}} | |||
|birth_place = Veerapura near Magadi Taluk, [[Ramanagara District]], [[British India]] | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|21|1907|4|1|df=y}} | |||
| death_place = [[Tumkur]], [[Karnataka]], India | |||
|occupation = Indian humanitarian | |||
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'''Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamigalu''' (1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019)<ref name="uniindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/pm-greets-shivakumara-swami-of-siddaganga-mutt-on-his-110th-birthday/states/news/828548.html|title=PM greets Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt on his 110th Birthday|website=Uniindia.com|accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref> better known as '''Shivakumara Swami''', was a [[Hindu]] religious figure and humanitarian. He was the head of [[Siddaganga Matha|Sree Siddaganga Matha]] who provided education to many people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sreesiddagangamutt.org/|title=Sree Siddaganga Mutt|website=Sreesiddagangamutt.org|accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref> in [[Tumkur District]], [[Karnataka]], [[South India]] and founder of the Sri Siddaganga Education Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sit.ac.in|title=Siddaganga Institute of Technology|website=Sit.ac.in|accessdate=25 September 2009}}</ref> | |||
In 2015 the Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]]. He became a [[supercentenarian]] on 1 April 2017.<ref name="uniindia.com"/> | |||
Swami died on 21 January 2019 in [[Tumkur]], [[Karnataka]] from a [[lung infection]] at the age of 111.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shivakumara-swami-dead-1435579-2019-01-21|title=Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami dies at 111, Karnataka declares 3-day state mourning|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last1=DelhiJanuary 21|first2=2019UPDATED:|last2=January 21|first3=2019 16:26|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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==Other websites== | |||
*[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/Oct242006/spectrum14282320061023.asp A true Karma Yogi] | |||
*[http://www.sreesiddagangamutt.org Spiritual Holy Place - Sree Siddaganga Mutt] | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swamiji, Sree Sree Shivakumara}} | |||
[[Category:1907 births]] | |||
[[Category:2019 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Deaths from respiratory tract infection]] | |||
[[Category:Indian activists]] | |||
[[Category:Indian educators]] | |||
[[Category:Religious leaders]] | |||
[[Category:Indian philanthropists]] | |||
[[Category:Supercentenarians]] | |||
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