Later, Swami Omkarananda founded the Swami Chitbhavananda ashram in 1993. Paramarthanandha Swami was the disciple of Sri Dayanandha Saraswathi. He expressed his deep interest in learning Vedas and sastras to his guru when the latter was in the last stages of his life.Īfter the Mahasamadhi of Swami Chitbhavanandha, he learnt Vedas and shastras from Pujya Sri.Paramarthanandha Swami for 8 years in Chennai. He continued to serve his guru with great reverence and deep devotion. Then, under Swami Chitbhavanandha's guidance he became a Sanskrit lecturer in Thiruvedagam Sri Vivekanandha college for a brief period of time. So, he decided to go and have the darshan of Param pujya Sri Swami Chitbhavanandha in Chitrachaavadi. With this interest growing exponentially every day, he decided to take up sanyasam on his own in the banks of river Krishna in Vijayawada.Īs per Shastras, a person who has taken Sanyasa on his own needs to go in search of a guru post that. Reading a spiritual book written by Param pujya Sri Swami Chitbhavanandha, kindled his interest even more. He was deeply interested in getting into sanyasa way of life right from his young age. He was initiated into brahmacharyam through the Upanayana samskara during his 11 th year in the presence of His holiness Sri. During his school days, he is known to have won a lot of prizes in oratorical and music competitions. Later he continued in Madurai’s Ponnu Iyengar school, Madurai Sethupathi high school and Perur Santhalinga Adigalar School. His initial schooling was in Saraswathi school in Perur. A ghanapaatigal is a Vedic scholar who has learnt the chanting of the scriptures to the highest level. It is a systematic and traditional spiritual learning using modern technology for sincere spiritual seekers.īorn as Sri Goshteswara Sharma alias Manoharan in Perur, Coimbatore, on January 17, 1956, ( Tamil month, Thai and Poora nakshatra) to orthodox Ghanapaatigal Sri Vaidhyanatha Ghanapaatigal and Smt.Alamelu Ammal, he was known as Swami Omkarananda Sarawati after his sannyasa diksha. He had started the five year free course by name Atmavidya. Under his guidance a huge organization by name Ullam Thorum Valluvam was found on 10-09-2017. His discourses on Thevaram, Thiruvachakam, Thirumandiram, Thayumanavar’s hymns, Bharatiyar’s songs are notable He is known for his profound Tamil knowledge and is known for quoting verses from Thirukkural to teach complex vedantic subjects. He was also the peeta adhipathi or the head monk of Sri Bhuvaneshwari amman temple in Pudukkottai from 2005-2021. He was a renunciate of the Hindu order of sannyasa. Swami Omkarananda had been the pillar for Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Arsh Vidhya Gurukulam and Sri Bhuvaneshwari Avadutta Vidhya Peetam.He has also had the best wishes of Sringeri Jagadguru, Kanchi Jagadguru Shankaracharya swamigal and Param pujya Dayanand Saraswathi swamigal. He was the disciple of Swami Chidbhavananda and has founded the Chidbhavanandha ashram in Theni, TamilNadu in fond memory of his Guru.
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