Chandraswami, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Chandraswami

Hindu guru

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1948

Date of Death: 23-May-2017

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Chandraswami

  • Chandraswami (29 October 1948 – 23 May 2017) (Real name: Nemichand Jain ) was a controversial Indian tantrik (practitioner of Tantra).
  • He is called a godman by many people.
  • His father Dharamchand Jain came from Behror in Rajasthan and worked as a money lender.
  • He moved to Hyderabad when Chandraswami was a child.
  • Chandraswami was attracted to the study of Tantra from an early age.
  • He left home when still young to become a student of Upadhyay Amar Muni and the eminent expert and scholar of Tantra, Mahamohopadhyay Gopinath Kaviraj.
  • He later lived in the jungles of Bihar where he spent time in meditation.
  • He claimed that after four years he obtained extraordinary powers called siddhis.
  • Though Chandraswami was by birth a Jain he became a "sadhaka" (worshipper) of the Goddess Kali.
  • He was also interested in interfaith dialogue and sat on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute.

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