Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami

Sadguru Brahmeshanandacharya Swamiji is the head of the Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth in Goa and founder of the International Sadguru Foundation, which works for peace and harmony. He was named for the Padma Shri in 2022, from Goa ^[1].

Head of a peeth at 21

Swamiji was born on 12 March 1981 ^[2]. He received initiation in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of the Shri Dattatreya Peeth from his guru, Sadguru Brahmanandacharya Swamiji, and studied the Vedas, the Upanishads and Sanskrit ^[2]. At 21 he became the peethadhishwar, or spiritual head, of the Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth ^[2]. The peeth teaches Vedic texts and culture to all who seek them, without discrimination ^[2].

Sanskrit and peace

He heads 22 organisations around the world and has set up a Sanskrit academy and Sanskrit schools to take the language into homes ^[2]. He has spoken at international forums such as the Parliament of the World’s Religions and Horasis, and over two decades has organised interfaith programmes and peace summits around the idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the world as one family ^[2].

He has been named an “Ambassador of Peace” at the British Parliament and an international peace promoter by the Maha Bodhi Society of Sri Lanka ^[2].