Bangaru Adigalar
South Indian spiritual guru (1941–2023)
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Born | (1941-03-03)3 March 1941 Melmaruvathur, Madras Province, British India |
Died | 19 October 2023(2023-10-19) (aged 82) Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Religion | Hinduism |
Bangaru Adigalar (3 March 1941 – 19 October 2023) was an Indian spiritual guru and the president of the Adiparasakthi Charitable Medical Educational and Cultural Trust. He was called "Amma", meaning mother in Tamil, by his followers and devotees of the Adhiparasakthi temple.[1][2][3]
Adigalar was believed by his followers to be the Poorna Avatar (holding all 16 qualities of an Avatar) as well as the incarnation of the supreme power Adhiparasakthi. Adigalar treated his followers equally, regardless of gender, caste, or religion.[4]
Death
Bangaru Adigalar died in Melmaruvathur, on 19 October 2023, at the age of 82.[5]
Awards
The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri in 2019 for his service to humanity.[6]
References
- ^ "Her Merciful Majesty". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Rawat, Megha (19 October 2023). "Who Was Spiritual Leader Bangaru Adigalar? An Embodiment of 'Adhiparasakthi'". TimesNow. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Sivapriyan, ETB (19 October 2023). "Renowned spiritual guru Bangaru Adigalar passes away". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Sri Bangaru Adigalar is a spiritual guru focussed on breaking social barriers, say devotees". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Spiritual Guru and Chairman of Adiparashakti Charitable Trust, Bangaru Adigalar, Passes Away at 82". Live Chennai. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Leaders differ over Padmaaward for Bangaru Adigalar". The Hindu. 27 January 2019.
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Recipients of Padma Shri in the "Others" Category
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- Govind Bhimacharya Joshi (1986)
- No awards were given in this category during the other years.
- Gisela Bonn (1990)
- Inder Sharma (1990)
- Rajinder Singh (1990)
- Shanti Lal Jain (1992)
- Alfred Georg Wuerfel (1992)
- Nil (1993)
- Nil (1994)
- Nil (1995)
- Nil (1996)
- Nil (1997)
- Nil (1998)
- Nil (1999)
- Aloysius Prakash Fernandez (2000)
- Nil (2001)
- Nil (2002)
- Pratapsinh Jadhav (2003)
- Nil (2004)
- Sunita Narain (2005)
- Nil (2006)
- Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja (2007)
- Tarla Dalal (2007)
- Lalit Pande (2007)
- Nil (2008)
- Syed Iqbal Hasnain (2009)
- Surinder Mehta (2009)
- Ameen Sayani (2009)
- Ranjit Bhargava (2010)
- Ghulam Mohammed Mir (2010)
- Om Prakash Agrawal (2011)
- Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar (2011)
- Shanti Teresa Lakra (2011)
- Gulshan Nanda (2011)
- Swapan Guha (2012)
- K. Ullas Karanth (2012)
- K. Paddayya (2012)
- T. Venkatapathi Reddiar (2012)
- Kartikeya V. Sarabhai (2012)
- Ravindra Singh Bisht (2013)
- Ritu Kumar (2013)
- Wendell Rodricks (2014)
- Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (2015)
- Chewang Norphel (2015)
- Jadav Payeng (2015)
- Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (2015)
- H. Thegtse Rinpoche (2015)
- H. R. Nagendra (2016)
- Predrag K. Nikic (2016)
- Simon Oraon (2016)
- Subhash Palekar (2016)
- Piyush Pandey (2016)
- Imitiaz Qureshi (2016)
- Ravindra Kumar Sinha (2016)
- Hui Lan Zhang (2016)
- Meenakshi Amma (2017)
- Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (2017)
- Sanjeev Kapoor (2017)
- Genabhai Dargabhai Patel (2017)
- Arun Kumar Sharma (2017)
- Bounlap Keokangna (2018)
- Narayan Das Maharaj (2018)
- Nouf Marwaai (2018)
- Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (2018)
- V. Nanammal (2018)
- Nguyen Tien Thien (2018)
- Romulus Whitaker (2018)
- Bangaru Adigalar (2019)
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- Kanwal Singh Chauhan (2019)
- Babulal Dahiya (2019)
- Rajkumari Devi (2019)
- Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya (2019)
- K. K. Muhammed (2019)
- Jagdish Prasad Parikh (2019)
- Bimal Patel (2019)
- Hukumchand Patidar (2019)
- Tao Porchon-Lynch (2019)
- Kamala Pujhari (2019)
- Narender Singh
- Sultan Singh (2019)
- Sharada Srinivasan (2019)
- Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (2019)
- Ram Saran Verma (2019)
- Swami Vishudhananda (2019)
- Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli (2019)
- Enamul Haque (2020)
- Rahibai Soma Popere (2020)
- Chintala Venkat Reddy (2020)
- Radhamohan and Sabramatee (duo) (2020)
- Batakrushna Sahoo (2020)
- Trinity Saioo (2020)
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- Pappammal (2021)
- Prem Chand Sharma (2021)
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- Ali Manikfan (2021)
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- Guru Tulku Rinpoche (2022)
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- Sivananda (2022)
- Sukama Acharya (2023)
- Cheruvayal Raman (2023)
- Patayat Sahu (2023)
- Nekram Sharma (2023)
- Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin (2023)
- S Subbaraman (2023)
- Tula Ram Upreti (2023)
- Sathyanarayana Beleri (2024)