Tapovan Maharaj (1889–1957) was a Hindu sage and Vedanta scholar.
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Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj is one of the most renowned saints of the 20th century. He was a contemporary of Swami Sivananda Maharaj who was the Guru of Swami Chinmayananda Maharaj.Swami Tapovan Maharaj was born in 1889 on the Suklapaksha Ekadashi day of Mārgasirsa month.[1]:v His mother, Kunjamma, belonged to an ancient aristocratic ?Nair family at Mudappallur in PalghatTaluk of Kerala.[1]:v His father, Achutan Nair, belonged to Kotuvayur in Kerala.[1]:v Based on his date of birth, the infant's horoscope, cast in accordance with family tradition, revealed 'unusually contrary indications of huge prosperity and abject poverty'.[2]:2Even as a little boy, Swami Tapovan Maharaj exhibited a marked partiality for spiritual life. He delighted in worshipping idols fashioned with his own hands. He was admitted to the local English school, but not liking the thoroughly materialistic education, he decided to quit the school and continued his studies in English, Malayalam and Sanskrit with still greater vigor by himself. Under competent teachers he mastered poems, dramas, grammar and logic. He read all available religious literature in Malayalam, Tamil, English and Sanskrit. He also engaged in spiritual exercises with close friend Rajan Reddy.
Born in Palakkad, Kerala as Subramanian Nair,[citation needed]with purvashrama name Chippukkutty,[1]:v[3] Tapovan Maharaj exhibited a thirst for spiritual knowledge and self-realisation, also being an accomplished public speaker.[citation needed] He left the modern education system early and dedicated himself to the study of Sanskrit and the Vedanta.[citation needed] After his brother became employed as a lawyer, he entered the order of Sannyasi.[citation needed]
Tapovan Maharaj did not believe in the system of 'ashrams', and was known for his strict solitary lifestyle in the Himalayan region of Uttaranchal. The three places along the Ganges where the master is known to have resided were Gangotri, Uttarkashi and Rishikesh.
He authored two books on his travels through the Himalayas: 'Wanderings in the Himalayas' (Himagiri Viharam)[4] and 'Kailasa Yatra.' Tapovan Maharaj exhibited a deep love for nature and his accounts of his travels demonstrate such.[citation needed] His autobiography, written in Sanskrit is titled 'Ishvara Darshana'. After observance of rites and rituals following the Master's last earthly breath (at 4.30 am on 16/1/1957), Shri Swami Tapovan Maharaj's body was interred into the holy river by a procession of sadhus. To this present day, there is a simple, solemn and dignified way in which the Uttarkashi monks mark the samadhi of any sadhu and Swami Tapovan Maharaj represents the ideal of austerity and pinnacle of wisdom which all anchorites aspire to.[citation needed]
Publications[edit]
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1990). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (revised ed.). Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. ISBN81-7597-168-1.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1960). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (1st English ed.). Madras: Chinmaya. OCLC13415586.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1981). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (2nd ed.). Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. OCLC313220835.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1984). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (1984 ed.). Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. OCLC611139849.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Chinmayananda, Swami (translator) (1984). Hymn to Badrinath. Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. OCLC13580900.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1969). Iswara darshan [translation of Īśvaradarśanaṃ] (1st English ed.). Madras: Chinmaya Publications Trust. OCLC791441.
- Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Niranjanananda, Swamini (translator) (2001). Kailas yatra. Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. OCLC54084120. (Originally published in Malayalam in 1928)
About
- Krishnakumar, Radhika (2007). Himalayan hermit: the lofty life of Sri Swami Tapovanam (1st ed.). Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. ISBN9788175973800. OCLC297212306.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Sri Swami Tapovanji Maharaj: A Brief Life Sketch' (pp. v-xiii) in Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1990). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (revised ed.). Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. ISBN81-7597-168-1.
- ^Krishnakumar, Radhika (2007). Himalayan hermit: the lofty life of Sri Swami Tapovanam (1st ed.). Mumbai, India: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. ISBN9788175973800. OCLC297212306.
- ^'Sri Achuthan Nair aspired to give his son Chippukkutty (that was Swamiji's name in his poorvasrama) the best education' (Wanderings in the Himalayas, 1990 edition, p. v)
- ^Tapovanam Maharaj, Swami; Pillai, T. N. Kesava (translator) (1960). Wanderings in the Himalayas [translation of Himagirivihāraṃ] (1st English ed.). Madras: Chinmaya. OCLC13415586.
External links[edit]
- 'Early Years of Swami Thapovanam'. (7:04, Youtube)
- 'Swami Tapovan Maharaj'. (7:04, Youtube; first 3:00 on Chinmayananda)
- 'Swami Tapovan Maharaj (biography at Chinmaya Mission)'.
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Opening heading[edit]
The article can talk about the content of the following, but including such apparent platitudes in the article is PoV.
--Jerzy•t 05:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
--Jerzy•t 05:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
left HIS body -- capitalization unnecessary, implies PoV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.6.78 (talk) 08:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
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- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: not moved per consensus and WP:NCIN. ErikHaugen(talk | contribs) 19:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Chinmayananda → Swami Chinmayananda — Relisted. --rgpk(comment) 17:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC) This would be in keeping with other articles on Hindu monks. The page Swami Chinmayananda already exists as a redirect, or I would have moved it myself.--Devadaru (talk) 13:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Very strongly oppose. We do not include honorifics except as form of disambiguation. SeptentrionalisPMAnderson 20:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe we could continue the conversation at Talk:Sivananda_Saraswati#Requested_move, where I replied to your comment? Thanks. Devadaru (talk) 22:42, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose' As I stated at Talk:Sivananda_Saraswati#Requested_move, Swami is an honorific title and honorifics aren't normally applied to names. The WP:NCIN guidelines, which applies direct to indic names, and MOS:HONORIFIC discourage the use of honorifics .--Labattblueboy (talk) 21:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
- I commented on this at Talk:Sivananda_Saraswati#Requested_move. Devadaru (talk) 22:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose. We avoid using religious honorifics whenever possible because of unavoidable neutrality issues. In this case, as with most people titled 'swami', the title is avoidable. — Gavia immer (talk) 04:58, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
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time line in article[edit]
diksha was in 1949. AFTER diksha he went to study in rishikesh for some years and then 8 years with tapovan maharaj. the minimum timescale for starting chinmaya mission would then by 1957+ and not 1952. kindly get the data verified. regards. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shanky688 (talk • contribs) 12:59, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
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The Use of 'Swami' in Article[edit]
'Swami' as an honorific title is used in other articles across Wikipedia. To prohibit its use in this article is unfair and unbalanced. It also reflects an ethnocentric viewpoint biased toward the Western perspective. Pope John Paul is listed as 'Pope' John Paul in Wikipedia. 'St.' Francis of Assisi is listed as St. Francis of Assisi. When a significant portion of the population recognizes an honorific title, that title becomes relevant for public discourse and record. Johnhindley77 (talk) 20:33, 2 July 2013 (UTC) July 02, 2013
- See WP:NCIN. - Sitush (talk) 16:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a promotional site. Writing a hagiography can be done at private websites, not at Wikipedia. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:41, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah. I've started cutting into this thing because it is absolutely ridiculous. - Sitush (talk) 19:34, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Sitush: If you want to use a short form for his name then I think 'Chinmayananda' would be the appropriate name to use. I have never seen him being called 'Saraswati.' Kautilya3 (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe. I'm not sure. What is certain is that we shouldn't be dropping Swami all over the place. This article is a disaster, as are most others with Divine Life Society connections. - Sitush (talk) 16:17, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, you want to keep 'Swami'? I say no. We don't use 'Swami' for Vivekananda, arguably the greatest of them. So we have a good precedent. Kautilya3 (talk) 17:45, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- No, sorry. I was using a very colloquial form of 'dropping', akin to 'peppering' the article with something unnecessary. What I meant was that the article had the swami thing all over it and in fact should not have done. We're in agreement: the word should be dropped (in the sense you mean) and indeed has been. - Sitush (talk) 17:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- Sorry, you want to keep 'Swami'? I say no. We don't use 'Swami' for Vivekananda, arguably the greatest of them. So we have a good precedent. Kautilya3 (talk) 17:45, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe. I'm not sure. What is certain is that we shouldn't be dropping Swami all over the place. This article is a disaster, as are most others with Divine Life Society connections. - Sitush (talk) 16:17, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Sitush: If you want to use a short form for his name then I think 'Chinmayananda' would be the appropriate name to use. I have never seen him being called 'Saraswati.' Kautilya3 (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
Dubious sources[edit]
We really should be avoiding sources published by the Mission, Divine Life Society etc. I can't actually see any of the ones cited in this article but those that I've seen for other articles have always been hagiographies. I'm also surprised that, even for the basic biographical stuff, we seem to need to cite a shedload of different Mission biographies - that makes me think that they are in here as a means of spamming Mission publications. - Sitush (talk) 18:06, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
Number of images and copyrights[edit]
On September 13, 2014, a comment was made That is a ridiculous number of images & I'm not convinced that they are all free of copyright.. I see this as two separate concerns:
- Image Copyrights: I requested Central Chinmaya Mission Trust to release these images under a 'free' license. They agreed and sent me an email per template Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries. I will be happy to forward the email as appropriate. When I uploaded the images, I did not see (or perhaps missed) instructions to forward the email. Please help!
- Number of images: What is a good number of images? Per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images, at 1024x768 resolution, the images should not extend beyond the section. I see only two out of eight images extended beyond one section. Thus, removing two would be sufficient?
Sanjaymjoshi (talk) 12:36, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
- Too many images of more or less the same thing. Images are supposed to inform; if people want to showcase then they should set up an account on Flickr or somewhere, I guess. - Sitush (talk) 13:36, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed about too many seemingly similar images. I have restored only four most significant images from the originally uploaded set. Sanjaymjoshi (talk) 15:58, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
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