PM Modi's guru Swami Dayanand Giri passes away

September 23, 2015 23:41

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guru Swami Dayanand Giri passed away at 10:20 pm today in Rishikesh.

The 87-year-old spiritual guru was a teacher at Rishikesh's Dayanand Saraswati Ashram and Coimbatore's Arsh Vidya Gurukulam. The ashram has more than 100 centres in India with major ashrams at Rishikesh, Coimbatore and Nagpur.

Giri had established All India Movement for Seva in 2000 and has been awarded by United Nations in 2005.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Rishikesh on September 11 to meet Swami Dayanand Giri who has been indisposed for some time. Modi spent some time with Giri at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi area of Rishikesh.

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