Excerpts from book - THE WHOLE
THING - THE REAL THING
Glory to the omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Supreme Soul who manifested
Lord Rama in Ayodhya, a place that lies in the heart of what is now known as the state of
Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. Glory to the One who brought forth Swami Brahmanand
Saraswatiji Maharaj in the holy village of Gana, a place not far from Ayodhya.
Maharaj Shri was born on Thursday, December 21, 1870, in a Saryoopareen Panktipawan Gana
Mishra Brahmin Zamindar family: highly respected, well-known, well-to-do. All the normal
comforts and luxuries of life were available to him as a child. But who knew that he would
one day spurn the velvet and prove himself a supreme ascetic yogi? And who knew that this
yogi would one day grace the venerable seat of Shankaracharya?
