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Quote – Being a sadhu means…

Being a sadhu really means being a person whose mind is resolved about his life.

– Swami Dayananda Saraswati –

Quote – Wise man is happy by himself

A wise man is the one who is happy by himself and because of himself.

– Swami Dayananda Saraswati –

Quote – Goal of Life

The goal of life is to know that the goal has already been accomplished.

– Swami Dayananda Saraswati –

Quote – Nothing more Sacred than Knowledge

In this world, there is nothing more sacred, more purifying than knowledge.

– Swami Dayananda Saraswati –

GURU-SHISHYA PARAMPARA

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Chief Acharya of the Ashram

Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati is a senior disciple of Pujya Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati. He is the Chairman and managing trustee of Sri Gangadharesvar Trust which manages Swami Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh. Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati was the Resident Acharya of the ashram between 1993-2003. He is now the Chief Acharya of the ashram since January 2002.


Swamiji underwent a long term course study in Vedanta and Sanskrit in Sandeepany Sadhanalaya between 1980-1982 under the tutelage of Svarupa Caitanya (now Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati). Swamiji served Pujya Swamiji and the ashram for many years between 1984 and 2000. He was initiated into the order of sannyasa by Pujya Swamiji in 1992.

Swamiji successfully conducted a three year course at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Anaikatti, Coimbatore (India) between 2010-2013