Haridhos Giri

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{{Infobox Hindu leader
|name = Haridhos Giri - Guruji
|image =
|caption = Haridhos Giri - Guruji
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
|birth_place= [[thennangur]], present day [[Thennangur]], [[India]]
|guru = [[Sivaratna Giri]], [[Gnanananda Giri]]
|philosophy = [[Advaita Vedanta]]
|honors = Hindu Revivalism, Founded Panduranga Temple, [[Thennangur]]
|footnotes =
|module={{Infobox person|embed=yes
|disappeared_date = September 4, 1994
|disappeared_place= [[Koteswar]], [[Himalayas]] present day Koteswar, Himalayas, India
|disappeared_status = {{Missing for|1994|9|4}}
}}
}}
'''Swami Haridhos Giri''' (Hari-daas), affectionately called Guruji, was born in the month of Margali (January) in the [[Tamil calendar]] with the birth star of Utharattathi. Giri was born in the village of [[Thennangur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], South India.

[[File:Thennangur Panduranga temple panorama.jpg|thumb|Haridhos Giri built Panduranga Temple, India]]

==Biography==
Swami Haridhos Giri was instrumental in spreading Dakshina Sampradaya Namasankeertanam in India. Giri had gone to a lot of countries and has given so many awesome speeches and sang [[bhajan]]s of Dakshina Bharatha Sampradaya. He is the Chief Disciple of [[Gnanananda Giri|Swami Gnanananda Giri]]. He devoted his entire life to serve his guru, Swami Gnanananda Giri. During his time, he established spiritual haven in [[Thennangur]]-[[Dakshina Halasyam]] in South India. Swami Haridhos Giri built [[thennangur|temple of Panduranga]], shrine of his beloved guru Swami [[Gnanananda Giri]] and also has built cottages for devotees to stay, temples, and canteen. Swami Haridhos Giri saved for 14 years and built the place.<ref>Tourist Guide to South India/ Sura Pvt Ltd/Thennangore Radhekrishna Temple - Pg 31</ref>

He traveled all over the world including Singapore,<ref>Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains:From the Straits Settlements to Singapore/Vineeta Sinha- pg 198</ref> Malaysia and other countries to spread [[bhajan|Namasankeerthanam]], as he was instructed by his guru Swami Gnanananda Giri. He has thousands of devotees all over the world.<ref>Sri Krishna leela tarangini, Volume 2/Mudgala Trust, 1990 - Pg 443</ref>

==Disappearance==
Swami haridosGiri took to Jalasamadhi in full consciousness in front of his devotees while all in present, even now his presence is still manifest at [[Koteswar]] there, which is located around 3 km north of Rudraprayag/Himalayas in the year 1994, September 04th. There is a Hindu temple dedicated to [[Koteswar]] [[Shiva|Mahadev]] in [[Koteswar]]. [[Namananda|Swami Namananda]] Giri, Principal Disciple of Swami Haridhos Giri built Bhajan Platform in memory of Swami Haridhos Giri and dedicated to him. Sri Niranjananada Giri disciple of both master now carry the torch. Swami Haridhos Giri disappeared on September 4, 1994<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swamy Haridhos {{!}} Bengt Berger|url=https://beche.se/india/swamy-haridhos/#:~:text=Here%20are%20some%20photos%20from%20a%20religious%20festival,in%202009,%20the%20present%20leader%20is%20Swami%20Namanandagiri.|access-date=2021-02-11|language=en-US}}</ref> and has not been seen since.

==See also==
*[[List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970|List of people who disappeared]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
*[http://www.thennangur.com/saints.htm#/ GA Trust - The World Movement] Sri Sathguru Swamigal's padhadhi had all features to make it a world movement. The honour of engaging in this divine task feel on the lot of Swami Sri Haridhos Giri, the chief disciple of Swami [[Gnanananda Giri]] of Tapovanam. On initiation into sanyasa, the young Sri Haridhos Giri Swamigal had nothing else to seek except the lotus feet of his Guru Maharaj.
*[http://www.thennangur.com/Arulmandapam.htm Haridhos Giri, GA Trust]
*[http://www.gnanananda.org/ Haridhos Giri, the chief disciple of Swami Gnanananda Giri]
*[http://srignananandansmm.org/about/sathguru-sri-gnanananda-giri/ Sri Gnanananda Nama Sankirtana Mandali of Malaysia] The message Sri Haridhos Giri/ Chief Disciple of Swami Gnanananda Giri got from the Swamji Gnananada Giri is: "When people praise you many do not become egoistic, but ignore them in all humility. And do not be worried about the insults thrown at you likewise. Then you will settle down well". This is equally a message to us all to see such a Great Guru is to know Him: "To know Him is to know God, for God and Guru are one and the same".
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110817142229/http://gurujinamaji.com/about-greatmasters-gnanananda.htm Swami Haridhos Giri Seva Samajam/ Ashram(Malaysia) of Chief Disciple of Swami Gnanananda Giri] "After many years, he got off his Samadhi, came back to the mutt and made Sri [[Gnanananda Giri]] Swami as the “Peedathipathi”. After that the great saint renounced the world and became one with god." said Swamji Nama Nanda Giri/Chief Disciple of Sri Haridhos Giri

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