munis-aryikas/vidyanand.jpg · 800×1000About
A scholar-monk who worked for the 2,500th Nirvana anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira in 1974–75. The Government of India issued a commemorative coin for his birth centenary in 2025.
The record
- Name before diksha
- Surendra Upadhye
- Born
- 22 April 1925
- Birthplace
- Shedbal, Belagavi district, Karnataka
- Parents
- Kalappa Upadhye and Saraswati
- Diksha guru
- Acharya Deshbhushan (muni diksha)
- Parampara
- Acharya Deshbhushan
- Samadhi
- 22 September 2019 — Delhi
- Works and inspiration
- Many books on Jain philosophy; honoured as Siddhant Chakravarti (1979)
Path of diksha
- 15 April 1946 — Kshullak diksha from Acharya Mahavirakirti, Tamadaddi, Karnataka — named Parshvakirti
- 25 July 1963 — Muni diksha, Delhi
- 28 June 1987 — Acharya pad, Delhi
Sources: DigJainWiki; Government of India centenary release (2025)
