56 Facts About Shrimad Rajchandra

Shrimad Rajchandra was a Jain poet, mystic, philosopher, scholar, and reformer.

Shrimad Rajchandra performed Avadhana, a memory retention and recollection test that gained him popularity, but he later discouraged it in favour of his spiritual pursuits.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote many letters and commentaries and translated some religious texts.

Shrimad Rajchandra is best known for his teachings on Jainism and his spiritual guidance to Mahatma Gandhi.

Shrimad Rajchandra was born on 11 November 1867, in Vavaniya, a port near Morbi.

Shrimad Rajchandra was initiated in Vaishnavism by a Sadhu named Ramadasji.

Shrimad Rajchandra continued to study other Indian religions and was attracted to Ahimsa doctrine of Jainism.

Shrimad Rajchandra was renamed Raichand by his parents when he was four years old.

Shrimad Rajchandra's disciples refer to him as Param Krupalu Dev.

Shrimad Rajchandra tried to evade the reply and advised me to finish my meals.

Shrimad Rajchandra described his spiritual journey in one of his poems.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote that he advanced on the path of spirituality he had already attained in his previous life.

Shrimad Rajchandra claimed that he developed complete resignation and detachment to his mortal body and the rest of the world in 1897.

Shrimad Rajchandra thanked the day of the experience in one of his poems written at the age of 30.

Shrimad Rajchandra experienced the same when he visited the fort in Junagadh.

Shrimad Rajchandra's experiences influenced him to live a religious life.

Shrimad Rajchandra joined the school at the age of seven and half but mastered the preliminaries in calculation in just a month.

Shrimad Rajchandra gained maturity in thinking and reasoning and by the age of 10 started public speaking.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote a 300-stanza poem on 'a watch' at the age of 12.

Shrimad Rajchandra became popular as a young poet and was referred to as Kavi due to it.

Shrimad Rajchandra occasionally visited the residence of the ruler of Kutch as a writer and was praised for his penmanship.

Shrimad Rajchandra composed many poems on the lives of Rama and Krishna while managing the shop.

In 1884, Rajchandra came from Vavania to Morbi where he saw Shastri Shankarlal M Bhatt performing eight Avadhana at a time.

Shrimad Rajchandra saw the performance and quickly picked it up.

Shrimad Rajchandra performed satavadhana at Sir Framji Cowasji Institute in Bombay on 22 January 1887, which gained him praise and publicity.

Shrimad Rajchandra was awarded gold medals by institutes and public for his performances as well as title of 'Sakshat Saraswati'.

In 1887, Shrimad Rajchandra married Zabakben, daughter of Popatlal, the elder brother of Revashankar Jagjivandas Mehta, a Zaveri merchant family.

Shrimad Rajchandra then engaged in the pearl and diamond business.

Shrimad Rajchandra's in-laws wanted him to move to Bombay and establish business there, but he was interested in his spiritual pursuits.

Shrimad Rajchandra continued his householder life for more six years and was successful in his business.

Shrimad Rajchandra is well known as a spiritual guide of Mahatma Gandhi.

Shrimad Rajchandra advised Gandhi to be patient and to study Hinduism deeply.

Shrimad Rajchandra stayed in Gujarat with his disciples and avoided moving to Bombay.

Shrimad Rajchandra retired from householder life and business when he was thirty.

Shrimad Rajchandra spent three months in Idar where he instructed seven monks in religious discourses sitting on a stone, pudhvi sila.

Shrimad Rajchandra was under medical supervision, and doctors advised him to move to coastal region of Gujarat for the benefit of his health.

Shrimad Rajchandra contracted an illness during his stay in Dharampur, Gujarat, from which he never recovered.

Shrimad Rajchandra died on 9 April 1901 in Rajkot surrounded by his family, friends and disciples.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote Stri Niti Bodhaka in which he had advocated women's education as essential to national freedom.

Shrimad Rajchandra had composed Namiraja, a work of five thousand verses explaining the nature of the four purusharthas.

In Shurvir Smarana, Shrimad Rajchandra described the brave warriors of the past and compared them with their descendants who are not able to free India from British dominance.

Shrimad Rajchandra lays special emphasis on right perception, personal efforts and a true teacher's guidance in the path to self-realisation.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote more than 900 letters which charts his spiritual journey and teachings to disciples.

Shrimad Rajchandra Vachanamrut is a collection of his complete works including letters and other writings.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote 51 quotes on Samyati Dharma as described in Dasha Vaikalika Siddhanta.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote an incomplete commentary on Chauvisi of Anandghan.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote equivalent Gujarati translation of the first 100 verses of Atmanushasan.

Shrimad Rajchandra wrote on three Bhavna or Contemplations out of 12 Bhavna described in Shri Ratnakarand Shravakaachar.

Shrimad Rajchandra had prepared an index on the Pragnavabodh.

Shrimad Rajchandra was inspired by works of Kundakunda and Digambara mystical tradition and, in turn, inspired several spiritual teachers and followers including people from all schools of Jainism.

Shrimad Rajchandra's path is sometimes referred as Raj Bhakta Marg, Kavipanth, or Shrimadia, which has mostly lay followers as was Rajchandra himself.

Shrimad Rajchandra's teachings influenced Kanji Swami, Dada Bhagwan, Rakesh Jhaveri, Saubhagbhai, Lalluji Maharaj, Atmanandji and several other religious figures.

Shrimad Rajchandra's teachings have been popular in the Jain diaspora communities; mostly in East Africa, the United Kingdom and North America.

Riverside's College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and the Department of Religious Studies announced the establishment the Shrimad Rajchandra Endowed Chair in Jain Studies on 17 February 2017.

Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur is a spiritual movement inspired from Shrimad Rajchandra.

An animated biographical Gujarati film Shrimad Rajchandra directed by Bhairav Kothari was released in 2021.