Ananda Marga's president and purodha pramukha, Ac. Shraddhananda Avt. left his physical body due to cardio-respiratory arrest on Oct. 15 at 9:00 AM in Ranchi. His body is being kept at the MG quarters in Madhu Mainjusha at Hehal, Ratu Road.
Dada Shraddhananda has been the Purodha Pramukha since 1990. He was known by his sense of humor. Dada Rainjitananda said, "I heard of an incident when he was touring various sectors with other central workers (WTs). They had nine bags with them. Eight of them belonged to the individual WTs and one was a general bag containing books and other materials. At every stop they used to count the bags and finally say "nine" and then proceed. At a certain point one bag got missing and was exactly that particular one. Dada Shraddhananda then commented that they were no counting 'nine' but 'mine' and that is why the bag that did not belong to anyone specifically got lost."
Phone calls were exchanged all over the world among the margii community to express the sentiment of loss felt by Dada's departure. Below are some sentiments expressed by others.
