Swami Sahajananda (Chidambaram MLA), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Swami Sahajananda (Chidambaram MLA)
- Swami Sahajananda was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
- He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Chidambaram constituency in 1952, and 1957 elections.
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- Vagheesam Pillai from Congress party was the second winner in both elections.He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council between 1926 and 1932 and again between 1936 and 1947.
- After Independence, he was elected to the Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency and continued as a member till his death in 1959.
- Though a strong votary of Annamalai University, he criticised the institution on the floor of the Council when it spent more on teaching languages and subjects other than Tamil.
- He wondered whether a music department was necessary when people did not have food to eat. Early life of Swami : Born as Munusami in Pudupakkam near Arani in January 27, 1890, he was rechristened Sigamani in a Christian missionary school in Tindivanam.
- “He quit school when there was an attempt to convert him and other students to Christianity.
- He was forced to repay the money the school had spent on his food,” Sahajananda’s family migrated to Kolar in search of a livelihood and he was attracted to spiritualism there.
- He established contact with many spiritual leaders, and one of them, Karapadi Swami in Vyasarpadi, advised him to work for the welfare of Sambavars ( Paraiyars) in Chidambaram.
- It was he who named him Sahajananda. He established a mutt and a trust in the name of Nandanar, a medieval Paraiyar devotee and one of the 63 Saivite saints, in Chidambaram in 1916.
- Twenty-five students were admitted to his school. “He advocated education for Scheduled Caste girls.
- Mahatma Gandhi visited the school in 1926 and again in 1934.
- He mobilised funds for the family of freedom fighter V.O.
- Chidambaram Pillai,” He travelled to Singapore and Malaysia to give lectures on Saiva Siddantha.
- When there was opposition to Hindi, he spoke in support of teaching the language.
- He wanted Parayars to learn more languages, arguing that it would liberate them.
- In his institution, he taught Sanskrit to all students,"
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