Nirmalananda Swamiji
Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji is the head of Adichunchanagiri Math.[1]
Nirmalananda Swamiji | |
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Born | CheeranaHalli, Gubbi Taluk, Tumkur District | July 20, 1969
Religion | Hinduism |
Philosophy | Natha Sampradaya |
Religious career | |
Guru | Shri Shri Shri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji |
Disciples
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Literary works | Chief Editor, Adichunchanagiri Monthly Magazine |
Nirmalanandanatha Swamigalu was born as Nagraja on 20 July 1969, son of Shri Narsegowda and Smt Nanjamma, in a village called Cheernahalli in Gubbi taluk of Tumkur district in a Kannada Vokkaliga (ಒಕ್ಕಲಿಗ) Community .[2] After doing his Diploma at Government Polytechnic College (Tumkur), he did BE in civil engineering at National Institute of Engineering Mysuru and M.Tech in structural engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He was selected as a scientist at Central Water and Power Research Station Poona. He instead volunteered to teach at a blind school in Ramanagara district. In 1998 he renounced worldly life and became a Swamiji. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji appointed him as the head of the Adichunchanagiri Shakhe (branch) Matha at Chikkaballapura.
When Balagangadharanatha Swamigalu died on 13 January 2013, Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji succeeded him as head of Adichunchanagiri Matha.[3]
References
- "Hoping that these blessings convert into votes". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- "MTech from IIT is mutt head". Deccan Herald.
- http://acmbgs.org/mahaswamiji-sri-nns/