Swami Ramanananda's Aradhana

"Swami Ramanananda was as elegant, natural and beloved of all as a sannyasi as he was as T.N.Venkataraman, the householder till July 1994 when he took Sannyasa diksha from Poojya Swami Chidananda Saraswati, President, Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. He talked freely and joked with everyone and when people touched his feet, he would pat on their backs, whether his own children or other devotees, with equal affection. Everyone felt that Swamiji was specially kind to him or to her. A life-long Gandhian and staunch Bhagavan devotee, he lived a very simple life till the end." from Sri Ramanasramam website, read more Swami Ramanananda, formerly T.N. Venkataraman.