Dharm samrat swami Hariharanand Saraswati popularly known as Swami Karpatri, was born as Har Narayan Ojha into a Saryupareen Brahmin family of a village called Bhatni in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
16 Facts About Swami Karpatri
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Swami Karpatri was a sannyasi in the Hindu Dashanami monastic tradition.
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Swami Karpatri was married to Srimati Mahadevi at the age of 9 in the year 1916.
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Swami Karpatri's father said "I would allow you to leave home only if you become father of child and give us a grandchild"; a girl child was born, and Karpatri left his home at the age of 19.
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Swami Karpatri went to Sangved Vidyalaya and started his Sanskrit grammar education in 1926.
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Swami Karpatri travelled through all parts of India and established many branches of Dharm Sangh.
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Dharm Sangh under leadership of Swami Karpatri helped the Noakhali victims of 1946 riots and provided them land, food and financial aid.
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Swami Karpatri re-converted Hindus who were forcibly made Muslims and gave them initiation under Rama-Nama.
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Swami Karpatri was a disciple of Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math Swami Brahmananda Saraswati.
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Swami Karpatri initiated Alain Danielou, a noted French Historian into Shaivite Hinduism under the name, Shiv Sharan.
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Swami Karpatri led a movement against the Hindu Code Bill.
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Swami Karpatri was a prominent agitator in 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation.
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Swami Karpatri maintained no-compromise policy with regards to Hindu laws and Shastras.
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Swami Karpatri was called Dharmasamrata by the masses.
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Swami Karpatri was just a viewer in the debate, but he later joined the debate with Yudhisthir Mimansak.
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Swami Karpatri accepted the challenge, The debate went on for 2 days.