Gita Vimarsh

Swami Ramanand was born 16 December 1916 in Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh State. His mother died when he only two and a half years old. He was brought up by his elder sister and his sister-in-law. After the death of his mother his father with family. returned to their ancestral Village Veriwal in the Amritsar district. He was brilliant in his studies. He did his post- graduationn in philosophy from Lahore University. He studied various scriptures, including the Gita and works of Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand and various other philosophers and scholars, That inspired him to take his life to a higher level of consciousness. He learned to practice yoga and meditation. He became a saint in 1940 at the age of 24 years. He received his spiritual training from Shri Swami Satyanandjee of Hoshiarpur. After his spiritual training Swami Ramanand' did his sadhana in Digoli, a village in Almora and attained divinity. He travelled to many holy places including Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. He believed that spiritual elevation is the ultimate objective of human life. He wrote many books relating to spiritual practices. Gita Vimarsh is one of them. He attained Nirvana young age of 36 years.