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Swami Kalyandev (June 21, 1876? – July 14, 2004) was an ascetic who was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India, for his years of social work in the villages of India. ==Biography== Kalyandev ji Maharaj was born as Kaluram in Kotana village in the district of Baghpat in a family of Jangid Vishwakarma Brahmins, Uttar Pradesh to Bhoi Devi, wife of Pherdudatt.Th He grew up in the village of Mundbhar near Sisauli in the Muzaffarnagar district. In his youth he travelled to Ayodhya and Haridwar with few belongings and begging along the way to sustain himself. At Haridwar, he heard of Swami Vivekananda's visit to Khetri. He travelled to Khetri to meet Vivekananda.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swami Kalyandev: A Lamp that Swamiji Lighted )〕 On his return from Khetri, Kalyandev became the disciple of Swami Purnananda of Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. Purananda named him Swami Kalyandev. Kalyandev did tapasya in the Himalayas for a few years but then decided to help the poor people of his region.〔 Kalyandev established almost three hundred schools and medical facilities for the villagers. His work covered western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and elsewhere. The institutions include technical and vocational schools, an ayurvedic medical college, middle schools, high schools, girls' schools, junior high schools, primary schools, clinics and dispensaries, eye clinics, Sanskrit schools, workshops, students' homes, dharmashalas, schools for the deaf and dumb, blind schools, yoga instruction centers, old age homes, asylums for old cows, orphanages, martyrs' memorials, and other religious and spiritual centers. Swami Kalyandev also helped rebuild dilapidated and neglected religious and historical sites. He renovated a monument in Shuktal, sixty kilometres north of Meerut, associated with the great sage Shuka, the son of Veda Vyasa and the narrator of the Bhagavata. There the swami also established the Shukadeva Ashrama and Seva Samiti. At Shuktal, there is an 80 foot statue of Hanumanji. He also renovated parts of Hastinapur, the old capital of the Pandavas and Kauravas. Many places of pilgrimage in Haryana have also received his attention.〔 Swami Kalyandev met Mahatma Gandhiji in 1915. He was acquainted with luminaries such as Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Sampurnanand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sant Shiromani Swami Kalyan Dev Ji Maharaj )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swami Kalyandev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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