Swami Tapovan Maharaj’s Mahasamadhi

“Death is born with us when we are born,” consoled a deeply ailing Swami Tapovan Maharaj when Gurudev was heartbroken during the last meeting with His peerless Guru in the first week of December 1956. Then, at the serene and auspicious time of 4:30 am on the full moon day of 16 January 1957, Swami Tapovan Maharaj attained Mahasamadhi. In His most reverential tribute, Gurudev expressed, “A God without temple, A Veda without language, was this master mind and he lived for 68 years; a monumental expression of an ideal Vedantic Teacher.”