Shri Dnyanraj Manik Prabhu Maharaj was born to Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj and Smt. Meerabai Saheb, on 3rd December 1958. He was their eldest child. He was sent to the famous Scindia School for his education. The able guidance of his illustrious teachers enabled him to blossom into a fine young gentleman with a keen sense of inquiry, a deep understanding of various subjects, a flair for public speaking and literary writing and above all, out-of-the-box thinking, which is characteristic of his scholarly but endearing personality. He was awarded the President of India’s Gold Medal for his outstanding academic achievements.
After completing his scholastic education at the Scindia School, he returned to Maniknagar to take charge as the Secretary of Shri Manik Prabhu Samsthan in 1975 and under the able guidance of his father and mentor, Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj, he took up the challenge of transforming Shri Manik Prabhu Samsthan into a leading socio-spiritual organisation. During his stint as the Secretary of the Samsthan, he brought about revolutionary changes in the administrative setup of the Samsthan, took up extensive developmental activities aimed at improving the infrastructure, created other essential and necessary facilities for the benefit of the visiting devotees and published several books and journals for the effective propagation of Prabhu’s message.
Shreeji ascended the holy peetha of Shri Prabhu as its sixth Peethadhipati after the Maha-Samadhi of Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj in October 2009. He is ably carrying forward the spiritual mission of Shri Prabhu, and the devotees find in him a source of great strength and guidance.
Shreeji is a gifted poet and a prolific writer with numerous poetic compositions and books to his credit. His poetry reflects his deep understanding of Vedantic principles and a profound devotion to Shri Prabhu. He has authored several books lucidly elucidating different aspects and tenets of Advaita Vedanta. Very few people can match up to his oratory skills when delivering discourses on Indian philosophy. His Pravachans, interlaced with examples from everyday life, connect instantly with the seekers and have become immensely popular throughout the country and beyond. His mastery of the Bhagvad Gita enables him to speak on the subject for hours. His discourses on the Bhagvad Gita are generally in the form of week-long camps conducted in various cities across the country. In these camps, he explains different Chapters of the Bhagvad Gita, which he elucidates in simple language such that they are easily understandable to even a layman and hence draw large crowds to his Pravachans. For the past several years, he has been delivering Pravachans on the monthly Pournima (Full Moon Night). His Pravachans have become so popular that Samsthan has been posting them on YouTube to make them available to people worldwide. They have been viewed by lakhs of people uptil now.
Every hour of Shreeji’s time is dedicated to the development of the Samsthan. He is a visionary leader and tirelessly works towards achieving the Samsthan’s goals.
Shreeji inherits the illustrious legacy of his predecessors and combines in him the best of all his preceding Acharyas in terms of the level of spiritual attainment. His deep understanding of the scriptures with special regard to the principles of Advaita Vedant, the capacity to influence the devotees to tread the path of righteousness through his knowledge-packed spiritual discourses, the deep sense of concern for the spiritual and material well-being of the society at large and the missionary zeal of his immediate predecessor Shri Siddharaj Manik Prabhu Maharaj to work selflessly for the educational and social development of the disadvantaged sections of the society are marks of his leadership of the Samsthan.
There is not an iota of doubt that the Samsthan is set to scale newer heights in the service of humanity under his able and inspiring leadership.
