Dhari Singh Dinkar said "Mahapragya is a Modern Vivekananda. We have not seen Vivekananda, only heard and read about him. But now we can see Vivekananda through his Vision". Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has often stated: "I am a lover of Mahapragya’s literature". The Eminent Scholar of Philosophy, Dr. Daya Krishna has recognized Acharya Shri Mahapragya as the most knowledgeable person on the subject of Jain Logic. The famous Bangla writer Shri Bimal Mitra said: "I find new truth in Mahapragya’s work. When I read his books, I feel as if I write for the masses and he writes for me. If only I could have met him in the initial stages of my career, my literature would have had a new path to follow". Dr. A.L. Basham said: "While meeting Acharya Mahapragya, one gets the thrill of meeting the 'Spiritual Ideal' or the 'Wonder that India was'". Awards and honours Mother Teresa National award of peace by Inter faith Harmony foundation of India in 2005 Communal harmony award i.e. Sampradayika Sadbhavana Puraskar by Govt. of India in 2004 Ambassador of Peace (London) by Inter Religions and international federation in 2003 Lokmaharshi by New Mumbai Municipal corporation in 2003 Indira Gandhi National Integration award in 2003<>Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration</ref> D.Litt. by Netherland Inter Cultural Open University in 1999 On the eve of Acharya Mahapragya's 88th birth anniversary all religious dharm guru's of KARNATAKA state honored as "DHARM CHAKRAVARTHI" IN 2007 In 2008 "SARVA DHARM SAMMELANA" held at TOWN HALL, BANGALORE participated by all religious guru's felicitated Acharya Mahapragya as "VISHVA SHANTHI DOOT" Death Acharya Mahapragya died on 9 May 2010 at 2:52 pm(aged 89) in Sardarshahar, in Churu district, the place where he gained monkhood. Subsequently, Acharya Maha Shraman was chosen the 11th acharya of Jain Terapanth, previously Acharya Mahapragya had made Acharya Shri Mahasharman the Yuvacharya of the Terapanth sect at Gangashahar (Bikaner) in 1997. See also List of religious leaders in 2007 List of Jains Sadhvi Kanakprabha Acharya Mahashraman References External links Official site of Jain Shwetambar Terapanth 1920 births 2010 deaths Nonviolence advocates People from Jhunjhunu district Indian spiritual writers 20th-century Indian philosophers Indian Jain monks 20th-century Indian Jain writers 20th-century Jain monks 20th-century Indian monks 21st-century Indian Jains 21st-century Jain monks 21st-century Indian monks Śvētāmbara monks