26, 1954, he got up very early in the morning and walked towards Tunga River; a servant followed at a slight distance. He stepped into the water without heeding the servant’s warning about the depth of water at that spot, and advancing further into the current had a dip. Then he did Pranayama, and dipped again. The servant saw the Acharya’s body floating down the current. In consternation the servant plunged into the river, caught hold of the Acharya, but in the effort lost his consciousness. A gentleman who happened to hear the shouts of the servant, brought the two ashore. The servant was soon restored to life but ‘nothing could be done in the other case’. It was reported that his body was in an erect sitting posture with legs crossed as at the time of contemplation and was straightened out only in an attempt to restore respiration and that there was no sign of drowning or of suffocation or of any struggles for life. The Jagadguru’s mortal remains found their resting place in a samadhi just by the side of that of his great guru in Narasimhavanam. The anniversary of the day will ever fall on the Mahalaya New Moon day, the day of the annual Abhiseka of Sri Sharada preparatory to the Navaratri celebrations. His birth, Upanayanam, Sanyasa and Videha Mukti were all on Sundays. Works Chandrashekhara Bharati composed a few poems and wrote a famous commentary. His main works are: Gururaja Sukti Malika containing 36 compositions in about 400 pages. Printed in Sanskrit and Tamil Bhashya (commentary) on Vivekachoodamani of Sri Adyashankaracharya See also Sringeri Sharada Peetham Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham Advaita Vedanta Adi Shankara Abhinava Vidyatirtha Smartism Notes References Sages of Sringeri, A Tattvaloka Publication, Shri Sharada Peetham, Shringeri, 2005. External links Sringeri Sharada Peetham Jagadgurus About Sankarcharya and His Parampara Advaitin philosophers Shankaracharyas Sringeri Sharada Peetham 1892 births 1954 deaths Indian Hindu monks