Kerala: Veteran RSS Pracharak, Author, Former Akhil Bharatiya Bouddhik Pramukh Sri Ranga Hari ji is no more. He was 93 years old. He passed away today at Amrita Hospital in Kochi around 7 am.
Anthim samskar:
Tomorrow 30th October 2023, 11 AM at Aivarmadom (near ottappalam). Mortal will be at Madhavanivas RSS Prantha karyalayam till tommorow 6AM, and at Thanal balasramam Mayannur till 11 AM.
About Sri Ranga Hari Ji:
Karma Yogi,The Sangha Rishi who filled thousands with the light of idealism and established Sanatana nationalism in life, is departing at the same time, when the Communists are trying to spread darkness in the realm of thought to wipe out everything which is Bharatheeya from the state of Kerala. From the playground of the TD temple, he traveled the world with the flag of Sanghadarshana. His Sangh life started at the age of thirteen.
He travelled to five continents with the message of Sangh. He worked with 5 SarSanghachalaks, Guruji Golwalkar, Madhukar Dattatreya Devares, Prof. Rajendra Singh, K.S. Sudarshan and Dr. Mohan Bhagwat.
The sad demise of our Shri Ranga Hari ji had robbed us of a profound thinker, practical worker and ideal of behaviour and most of all a loving and encouraging elder. Ranga Hari ji had lived his life fully and meaningfully. Many workers who came into his acquaintance when he was Akhil Bharatiya Baudhik Pramukh of RSS will be mourning his loss today all over the Bharat . Even on his sick days, In his last days he was fully aware of his failing strength but he did not seize his activities of reading, writing and pleasantly counselling Swayamsevaks who came to see him. On 11th October, only his commentary on Prithvi Sukt was published in Delhi. Even after his speech failed him, he used to hear the visitors and respond by his facial expressions. I personally and on behalf of RSS offer my respect-full condolences to his inspiring memory and pray for enlightenment and peace on the part of the departed soul.
Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghachalak
Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavah
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS)
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Hariji was born on December 5, 1930, T.J. Son of Ranga Shenoy and Padmavati, a native of Tripunithura. R Hariji was the second of eight children. Hari ji had three brothers and four sisters.
He Schooled at St. Albert’s High School and graduated from Maharajas College, Kochi. He got admission in BSAC Chemistry but could not continue after he returned after serving jail time during his studies. He then graduated in Economics and learned Sanskrit separately. After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, RSS was banned from December 1948 to April 1949. Hariji then served as a satyagrahi in Kannur jail.
After graduation, he became a full-time Sangh worker. He started as a Pracharak in North Paravur, a place near to Kochi. Many sangh assignments came to him later. He took the helm of clandestine operations during the Emergency Period. From 1983 to 1993, he held the title of Kerala Pranta Pracharak, Akhil Bharatiya Saha Boudhik Pramukh in 1990, Akhil Bharatiya Boudhik Pramukh from 1991 to 2005, Sampark Karyakartha of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh in Asia and Australia from 1994 to 2005, and Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal member from 2005 to 2006.
He authored around fifty books in different languages like Sanskrit, Konkini, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and English languages. He was proficient in Gujarati, Bengali and Assamese languages also. He edited and compiled Sri Guruji’s complete works ‘Guruji Samagra’ which was published in 12 volumes. His last work was a book named Prithvi Sukta: An Ode to Mother Earth which was released recently by Sarsanghachalak Dr Mohan Ji Bhagavat.
The demise of a towering intellectual warrior and a heartwarming conversationalist, out of box thinker. May the departed soul attain Uttam Gati.
– Dr Manmohan Vaidya, Sah Sarakaryavah, Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
