My Guru...
Satguru Sant Keshavadas - Born at Bhadragiri, near Udipi in Karnataka State, India on July 22nd, 1934. He had the mystical-vision of Lord Ponduranga Vittala (Vishu) at the age of eleven.
He was brought from village to village, to tell the Hari Katha (stories of God). He married and had three children, studied law up to B.A., LL.B., but practised only Devine-law. He completed over 40 global tours spreading "Sanatana Vishwa-Dharma" and represented "Hinduism" at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago in September of 1993.
He first established "Dasashrama" at Bangalore in 1961 and then, in 1982, Vishwashanti Ashrama, the world-head quarters at Nelamangala near Bangalore, India. He has written 19 books in English and 50 books in Kannada and has composed more than 6000 Bhajans (devotional songs). He has also established Temples of Vittala at Vishakhapatnam, Kakinada and Rajamundhry at Andhra Pradesh; established Sri Purandara Vittala Temple, Sri Dattatreya Temple and Vishwashanti Ashrama at Bangalore, Karnataka State, where he installed a 36 foot tall monolithic granite Murti of Vishwa Vijaya Ponduranga Vittala and built the unique temple of the Bhagavad gita. He completed 30 global tours, has led 16 pilgrimages from West to East bringing westerners to the holy pilgrimage centers of Mother India, and traveled around India more than 60 times preaching and teaching for several religious organizations including Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
"Truth is one; names are many God is one; paths are many"
"Love born of wisdom can solve all problems"
"God is Love and Peace"
this is his main teaching.
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In nearby Bangalore, you can see many spiritual places and beautiful parks. There is a sense of community in this town and you feel that you are really inside the heartland of India. See our Gallery.
