Aghehananda Bharathi

[Elliot Stern]

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> Whatever has happened of Swami Aghehananda Bharathi,an Austrian by
>birth
>and who put down his life story in a book <OCHRE ROBE> and who later
>Syracuse Univ.?The last i heared /read about him was in an article
>Illustrated Weekly some years back.
>
>Perhaps List subscribers would have more information on him.
>>>>>
>
> According to the ex. Raja of Kollengode, Palghat district
> who is our family friend, Aghehananda Bharati was from Britain
> and served in the Indian army before Independence. He later
> worked in USA. Bharati died a decade ago & the Raja died
> 2 years ago.
>
> Kollengode Samasthanam hosted Kanchi Mahaperiyaval
> in late 1930s. The family album has rare photos of him,
> A. Bharati, ... The soma subtitute (called cOmbu in
> Tamil) is special for Kollengode region. Tamil brahmins
> settled in Kerala for centuries supply them at big
> vedic sacrifices to Nambudiris doing the sacrifice.
>
> Regards,
> N. Ganesan
>
>
>
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Swami Agehananda Bharati was an Austrian by birth. To the best of my
recollection, he was born and grew up in Vienna. He was certainly not
British by birth, and I do not recall that he ever either lived in Britain,
or became a British citizen. For many years, until his death, he taught in
the Anthropology Department at Syracuse University.


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