THE AUTHOR

Sri Jnanananda Bharati was well known in his Poorvashrama as Sri R. Krishnaswami Aiyar of Tirunelveli. An erudite scholar and a staunch advaitin, he wrote a number of books on Vedanta and Gita and had translated into Tamil the Brahmasutra Bhashya, Panchadasi, Vivekachoodamani and many other Prakarana Granthas of Sri Sankara. His other three famous books on the Jagadguru are “Dialogues with the Guru”, “The Saint of Sringeri” and “The call of the Jagadguru”

Sannyasa at Brindavanam (U.P.): 1966

Kaivalyam at Mannadimangalam: 1975