27-08-2016: Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy A commemorative postage stamp

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy (1916-1986) was a great saint and social reformer of modern times emerging from South India. He hailed from a place called Suttur on the banks of river Kapila, located near the heritage city of Mysuru. he was the 23rd pontiff of Math’s Lineage, which has a history of more than one thousand years. In a span of 62 years of his service to mankind, he undertook dissemination of knowledge, especially among the rural and urban poor and weaker sections of the society. Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamyji had a very close association and shared time and space with some of the noted spiritual leaders like His Holiness Swami Rama of Himalayan Foundation, Sri Rishi Prabhakar of Siddi Samadhi Yoga, Sri Sri Ravishankar of Art of Living, Sri Dalai Lama of Tibet and other ascetics and pontiffs of different religious institutions including mystics and yogis who were his contemporaries. Department of Posts is pleased to release a commemorative postage stamp on Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Swamy.