Advait Mat or Paramhans Advait Mat is a cluster of

panth Panth (also panthan, meaning "path" in Sanskrit), also called the Sampradaya, is the term used for several religious traditions in India. A panth is founded by a guru or an acharya in guru-shishya parampara, and is often led by scholars or senior ...

s (groups of disciples) in

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. It was founded by Shri Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj (1846–1919) who is also known as Paramhans Dyal Ji Maharaj. He declared Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj ( also known as Shri Nangli Niwasi Bhagwan Ji) as his spiritual successor. Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj founded more than 300 ashrams with the purpose of disseminating his master's teachings. Swami Swarupanand Ji Maharaj had initiated more than thousand of his disciples into the sanyas. Many of his disciples went on to establish spiritual institutions to spread the same knowledge. The ashrams founded by Shri Paramahans Dyal Ji were called Krishna Dwaras. The ashrams with the name Adwait-Swarup Ashram, Paramhans Satyarthi Dham, Shri Anandpur Satsang Ashram, Brahm Vidyalay and Ashram are also related to him and Shri Paramhans Advait Mat. Reportedly, they perceive themselves to be originating from Totapuri in the 18th century, who was the guru of

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886——— —), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay,M's original Bengali diary page 661, Saturday, 13 February 1886''More About Ramakrishna'' by Swami Prab ...

as well. Geaves, R. R., ''From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara),'' (2002). Paper presented at the 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Oxford. March 2002.

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* Shri pratham paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Shri Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj (Shri Paramhans Dayal ji) Born- 5 April 1846,

Chhapra Chhapra (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Chaparā'') is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River. Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based mar ...

, Bihar. Demise- 10 July 1919. * Shri dvitiya paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Swarupanand Ji Maharaj Born- 1 Feb, 1884 Accession- 20 Oct, 1919 Demise- 9 Apr, 1936 * Shri tritiya paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Swami Vairagyanand Ji Maharaj * Shri chaturth paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Swami Beantanand Ji Maharaj * Shri pancham paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Swami Darshan Poornanand Ji Maharaj birth date -20 September * Shri shashtam paadshahi ji Shri Shri 108 Swami Vichar Poornanand Ji Maharaj birth date - 15 august

Main spiritual centre

*The largest and the main organization established by the spiritual master is "Shri Anandpur Dham" In Nethai,

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

comprising many smaller trusts in nearby areas. Coordinates : The

Ashram An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< Contemporary Sant Mat movements Contemporary Sant Mat Movements, mostly among the Radha Soami tradition, are esoteric philosophy movements active in the United States, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and especially India. These movements assert that Sant Mat shares a lineag ...

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