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record by carrying out a special jain spiritual austerity called The Vardhaman Ayambil Tap.
It was a unique experience to hear him singing devotional songs with his sweet but lofty voice, swaying with devotion, taking its origin from the depths of his poetic genius; or to see him writing out his reflections late into the night in the dim moonlight.
He was the spiritual head of nearly 200 disciples who are Sadhus or Monks; and he has written 100
books. Bhuvanbhanu Sûrîshwarji became an Acharya on the second day of Mrigashirsh Sud (bright fortnight) in the year 2029 of the Vikram Era. He carried out Padayatra in Bihar, Bangal, Gujarat, Maharashtra and U.P., walking thounds of miles and even at the age of 83 he had been showing the right path to thousands of people to attain serinity and falicity. His writings used to appear regularly in the columns of Divya Darshan, a Gujarati Weekly and thus the mighty stream of his lofty contemplation kept flowing ceaslessely. Acharya Shri Bhuvanbhanu Sùrìshwarji blended in his personality the true qualities of a great monk, a great scholar, a great philosopher, a great author and a great preacher and lived a life totally dedicated to spirituality and the welfare of the community. Total devotion, dedication, austerities and absolute mental and physical tolerance were the qualities that marked his life as a Monk and as an Acharya. As a result of his principles of plain living and high thinking, he was completely in control of his faculties till the last moment of his life of 83 years and was mentally very agile till he breathed his last. The great sage left his mortal frame in Ahmedabad on the 19th of April 1993 the same day on which he was born in Ahmedabad in 1911 (i.e. 19/4/1911). Though his physical frame turned to ashes on this day, the great Acharya remains and will remain alive in the memories of his devotees forever through his works, wisdom and through the inspiring as well as lofty vision of his life.
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