The birth and death anniversaries of Swami Ram Tirtha were also commemorated here on the occasion of Deepawali on Wednesday.
At a programme organised to mark the occasion in Chamba town, speakers informed the gathering about the various aspects of the life and works of Swami Ram Tirtha. The speakers extolled Swami Ram Tirtha as a social reformer, patriot and also a mathematician apart from being a saintly personality. It was on the Deepawali day in 1906 when Swami Ram Tirtha wrote a message to death and took the Jal Samadhi in the Bhagirathi river at old Tehri.
Addressing the gathering, local social worker GS Negi said that in the present times, the nation needs unity, organisation, nationalism and the pursuit of science for its progress and welfare. Ram Tirtha was born on, took his Sanyas on and gave up his body on the occasion of Deepawali. Born in 1873, he later worked as a professor of mathematics in the lahore Foreman Christian College for two years apart from acting as a reader in the lahore Oriental College for a brief period.