A learned philosopher, distinguished writer, erudite scholar, a spiritual orator, posses incisive perception of Bhartiya Sanskriti, National thinker, and a Jain ascetic Saint, Shree Vidyasagar was born in the village Sadalaga district of Belgaon, Karnataka. He was born on 10th October 1946 which was Sharaad purnima day as per Hindu calendar. His mother tongue is Kannada and his medium of education was also kannada but Acharya Shree is a multi-linguistic person knowing 8 languages – Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, English, Parkrit, Sanskrit, Apbhransha, and Bangla. His Deeksha guru was the Great poet,
A learned philosopher, distinguished writer, erudite scholar, a spiritual orator, posses incisive perception of Bhartiya Sanskriti, National thinker, and a Jain ascetic Saint, Shree Vidyasagar was born in the village Sadalaga district of Belgaon, Karnataka. He was born on 10th October 1946 which was Sharaad purnima day as per Hindu calendar. His mother tongue is Kannada and his medium of education was also kannada but Acharya Shree is a multi-linguistic person knowing 8 languages – Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, English, Parkrit, Sanskrit, Apbhransha, and Bangla. His Deeksha guru was the Great poet, Digambarcharya Shri Gyansagar ji Maharaj. Acharya shri got aacharyahood on the 22nd November 1972 in Nasirabad, District Ajmer, Rajasthan. As a digambara Monk, he sleeps on earth or a wooden board with the sky alone as a cover. He wears no clothes and carries a Pichi made of Peacock feathers {these feathers the peacock sheds by themselves, no peacock is harmed to take the feathers.} and a Kamandal made of coconut to carry water utilized for maintaining simple and essential personal hygiene. Enriched by the freedom from desires, he partakes food offered by devotees only once a day and even that which is without sugar, salt, green vegetables, fruits sweet, with the sole objective of merely sustaining his body capable of pursuing knowledge, meditation and advancing austerities. In every two months he plucks the hair of his head, beard and mustache by his own hands akin to plucking grass. (Photo by Sourabh Vyas/Pacific Press)
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