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Ramatirtha

Hindu religious leader
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Also known as: Rama Tirtha, Tirath Rama
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Also spelled:
Rama Tirtha
Original name:
Tirath Rama
Born:
1873, Miraliwala, Punjab province, India [now in Pakistan]
Died:
Oct. 17, 1906, Tehri, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh [now in India] (aged 33)
Subjects Of Study:
Advaita
Hinduism
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Ramatirtha (born 1873, Miraliwala, Punjab province, India [now in Pakistan]—died Oct. 17, 1906, Tehri, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh [now in India]) was a Hindu religious leader known for the highly personal and poetic manner in which he taught what he styled “Practical Vedanta,” using common experiences to illustrate the divine nature of man. For Ramatirtha, any object whatever could be approached as a “mirror to God.” Educated at the Foreman Christian College and Government College, Lahore, in 1895 Tirath Rama was appointed a professor of mathematics at Foreman Christian College. A meeting with the Bengali ascetic Vivekananda strengthened ...(100 of 246 words)

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