but Swamiji again refused and told them that Samarth Ramdas had told that the bodily pains should be considered as pleasures. He enquired what day was the next one and when told about that he knew that it was a day for very auspicious things, but didn't tell it to anyone. Then as usual he took bath thrice, had a little milk and rested for a while in the night and spent the rest of the time in sahaj Samadhi avastha. Swamiji got up the next morning at 5 am. After the morning chores he sat in meditation for a while. He came out of the meditation room at 8 am. The disciples requested him to have some milk, to which he agreed and again sat in meditation. Swamiji in sitting position and in meditation twice said 'Om, Om' and then from the upper side of his body through the head he made his soul leave his body to be eternally unified with the Parbramha. Despite this his posture didn't change nor did his facial expressions. In fact the aura around his face became brighter for a while. This was at 9 am. on 19 April 1973. After a while Swamiji had attained the Ultimate Samadhi. On hearing this all hell broke loose over the ashram. The news spread like a wild fire as it was announced over the All India Radio and Swamiji's disciples started coming to Varadpur. His body was placed on a specially made bed of flowers. Writings—Spreading The Message Shreedhar Swami was a gifted composer and fluent in Marathi, Sanskrit, Kannada, Hindi and English. All through his extensive travelling, he managed to spare some time for religious writing. His aim was to simplify the complex nuances of vedic teaching into a form that would be easily digestible to the common man. He wrote prolifically and wrote over twenty books in Marathi, Kannada and English. Landmarks of his life 7 December 1908 : Birth at Lad Chincholi, Gulbarga, Karnataka 1912–1923 : Education at Hyderabad 1923 – 27 : at Pune and Sajjangad 1927 : Blessings by Samrth Ramadas 1930 : Became Sanyasi at Shigehalli and started touring South India and later North India, to give spiritual discourses and religious upheaval 1958–73 : started sadhana, settled at Varadapura, Sagar, Karnataka, established ashrama 19 April 1973 : Death, self wish at Varadapur, Sagar Varadapura References External links Website Photos