Vrindavan, 2017. 01.18 (VT): The Asthi Kalash Yatra of Nimbarkacharya Jagadguru Radha Sarveshvar Sharan Devacharya, (Shri ji Maharaj) will be taken out on Wednesday from Shriji Mandir in Vrindavan.
The funerary urns would be immersed in Yamuna at Keshi Ghat in the presence of hundreds of devotees and saints. The ‘Kalash’ was brought from Salemabad by Yuvacharya Shyam Sharan Dev Maharaj.
Shri Govardhan Sharan, the Manager at Shri ji Mandir of Vrindavan informed that the Yatra will begin at 2 p.m.
Shriji Maharaj passed away on 14th January, during the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti. Devotees expressed grief over the demise of the great Vaishnavacharya, who breathed his last at 9 a.m. at Kishangarh hospital, in Ajmer. His funeral was conducted in Salemabad.
Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje, condoled his death. Raje said, “Shriji Maharaj was famous not only in Nimbark Sampradays, but in the religious world. He strengthened social harmony and worked for the welfare of humanity. His death has created a void in the religious world”.
Born to Shri Ramnath ji Sharma Goud Indoria and Srimati Swarnalata, Jagat Guru Shri Radha Sarveshvar Sharan Devacharya – Shri Shriji Maharaj ascended as the Acharya of Salemabad’s Nimbarka Peeth on 5th June 1943, at the young age of 20 after passing away of his guru Shri Nimbarkacharya Shri Balakrishna Sharan Devacharya .
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