Article to be published in Karnataka Malla on Monday, 7th Jan.2002

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§° š®q®ãu¯ãw®Š® …SµÌ q®î®±â OŠ®± œµ²rÙSµ‡®±ªå y®º. ¯œ®±ª Sµ²°y¯Œ¯X¯‡®±ÁŠ®± …Šµ‡®±±q¯ÙŠµ:
",,, My Master, Jagadguru, the greatest Pontiff of Sri Uttaradimutt, His Holiness Shrimat SathyaDhyaana Tirtha, the saint of saints, the prince of philosophers and the monarch of mataphysicians, who breathed fresh life into me as into millions of his disciples and followers, whose magnetic personality, the bubbling fount of never-fading inspiration, galavanized my being as that of many, many earnest seekers of Truth, into spiritual strength and energy and to whom I owe all that I am and all that I have."

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"Swamiji, Thou
shouldst be living now
India hath need of thee,
she is a fen
Of stagnant waters"
Hºu®± w®î®±S®² Aw®Ý„µ°Nµxš®±q®Ùuµ.

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