Madikeri: The author of a famous Kannada volume titled “Badukalu Kaliyiri” (learn to live), Swami Jagadatmananda(89) passed away, on Thursday, November 15.
He was suffering from pneumonia and was under treatment from the past one month in a private hospital at Mysuru.
The doctors confirmed his death at 7.30 PM. He was kept under observation and treated in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
Swami Jagadatmananda was in charge of the various branches of the Ramakrishna Ashram.
His book “Badukalu Kaliyiri” was translated in nine languages.
He served as the president of the Ponnampet Sri Ramakrishna Sharada Ashram from 2000-2010.
Swami Jagadatmananda’s last rites will be performed tomorrow, i.e, on November 16, in Ponnampet Ramakrishna Ashram.
