12/7/2018
PUNE:
Spiritual leader Dada P. Vaswani, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission,
died today due to old age related ailments, a mission member said. He was 99.
"He had been admitted to a private hospital in the city
for the past few days and was discharged last night," the mission member
said. Vaswani died in the mission premises this morning, she said. The mission
was planning a big celebration on his 100th birthday next month, she added.
Born on August 2, 1918 in Pakistan's Hyderabad city in a
Sindhi family, Dada Vaswani, as he was popularly known, was the head of
the Pune-based Sadhu Vaswani Mission, a non-profit organisation involved in
social work and charity. The organisation runs educational institutions and
hospitals in the city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed the spiritual
leader's 99th birthday celebrations last year through a video link. Modi had
then said Vaswani's blessings will help in accomplishing goals for a new India.
In May this year, President Ram Nath Kovind had visited the mission to
inaugurate the Sadhu Vaswani International School.
Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani is a frequent visitor to
the mission. Acclaimed as a humanitarian, philosopher, educator, orator
and non-sectarian spiritual leader, Dada Vaswani had captivated the hearts of
millions of people worldwide. He was also into promoting vegetarianism. His
regular discourses at the mission premises attracted people from different
walks of life.
Vaswani was a brilliant student, but he later gave up a career
in academics to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious uncle and guru,
Sadhu T L Vaswani, who had set up the charity organisation. His mortal remains
have been kept at the mission to enable people to pay their last respects.
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