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Spiritual leader and educator Dada JP Vaswani – a moral force behind the Sadhu Vaswani mission and tireless promoter of vegetarianism and animal rights – died Thursday morning at the age of 99, shortly before his centennial.
Sources at Sadhu Mission Vaswani said, the spiritual leader has been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city for a few days and was released on Wednesday. However, Dada Vaswani died in the premises of the mission on Thursday morning
Born Jashan Pahlajrai Vaswani on August 2, 1918 in the city of Hyderabad in Sindh Province (today Pakistan), he was a brilliant student in his youth. His M.Sc. Thesis examined by Nobel laureate Dr. CV Raman
Acclaimed as a humanitarian and non-sectarian leader, he later abandoned a promising university career to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, Sadhu TL Vaswani – the legendary educator who started the Mira movement.
In order to propagate the ideas and vision of Sadhu Vaswani, he published three monthly newspapers – the Excelsior (which became a popular newspaper), the India Digest and the East and West Series
He was also one of the first directors of the St. Mira Girls College. After the death of Sadhu Vaswani in 1966, Dada JP Vaswani succeeded him as head of the Sadhu Vaswani mission.
Regarded as a modern day philosopher and saint by the Sindhi diaspora, Dada Vaswani was a familiar face on a number
An inspirational speaker who often exchanged ideas with spiritual leaders of the world like the Dalai Lama , the speeches and lectures of Dada Vaswani were marked by his spiritual parables and his aphorisms which preached practical ways to happiness in a
He was also a prolific author, composed of several hundred works on spirituality and community harmony who have seen translations into a number of global languages including French, Spanish, German, Mandarin and Arabic. , President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by a host of dignitaries include veteran BJP leader LK Advani, had inaugurated the Sadhu Vaswani International School which is scheduled to arrive in the Pradhikaran area of the city.
"He [Dada J.P. Vaswani] has devoted every moment to the cause of humanity.He has been an ambbadador of Indian tradition and culture on innumerable platforms, within the at home and abroad, including at the United Nations, "said the President, speaking on this occasion
. He received the U Thant Prize for Peace in April 1998 for his dedication to the cause of world peace. He spoke of several world podiums, including the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, the World Forum of Spiritual Leaders and Parliamentarians in Kyoto, the UN and the British House of Commons in London
His mortal remains have were kept at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission for people to pay their last respects.
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