acharyas/vidyasagar.jpg · 800×1000About
Initiated around five hundred munis and many aryikas, and inspired Pratibhasthali schools, gaushalas and handloom work. Named Muni Samaysagar as his successor.
The record
- Name before diksha
- Vidyadhar
- Born
- 10 October 1946 (Sharad Purnima)
- Birthplace
- Sadalga, Belagavi district, Karnataka
- Parents
- Mallappa and Shrimanti
- Diksha guru
- Acharya Gyansagar
- Parampara
- Acharya Shantisagar → Veersagar → Shivsagar → Gyansagar
- Samadhi
- 18 February 2024 — Chandragiri Tirth, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh
- Works and inspiration
- Mookmati (Hindi epic) and many poems and commentaries
Path of diksha
- 30 June 1968 — Muni diksha, Ajmer
- 22 November 1972 — Acharya pad, Nasirabad
Sources: Published biographies by his sangh; reports of his samadhi
