Kanchi Paramacharya and Mahatma Gandhi's Last wish

In 1927, (on October 15) Mahatma Gandhi, during his tour of 
South India called on Paramacharya, who was camping at 
Nallicheri in Palakkad. The meeting took place in a cow-shed. 
Gandhiji was highly impressed with the handspun saffron cloth 
the Acharya was wearing.

The remarkable dialogue between the most venerated religious 
head and the Father of the Nation went on for more than an hour,
Paramacharya using the medium of Sanskrit and Gandhiji speaking 
in Hindi. The Sage of Kanchi impressed upon the Mahatma, that 
faith and devotion to God, alone, decided the fate of all human 
activities. Gandhiji reciprocated the sentiments. 

It was 5.30 p.m. and when Rajaji (C.R), who had accompanied him,
but not present during the dialogue came back and reminded him 
that it was meal time (Gandhiji did not take food after 6 p.m.), the 
Mahatma replied that the dialogue with Swami was more nutritious 
for him. Paramacharya presented an orange to Gandhiji, which he 
received with great satisfaction, the fruit he expressed, he loved most. 

Rajaji asked later Gandhi about the 'talk' and if Gandhi wished for 
anything.  Gandhi refused to reveal what he wished for. After Gandhi's
death, after several years, Kanchi Mahaswami told a devotee about this.  
Gandhiji had asked Chandrasekara Saraswati: "Swami!  I wish for a death 
saying Lord Rama's name!  Please grace me." Kanchi Mahaswami had told
him, "Thy wish will be done by God's grace. Do not worry!"

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