Leader of Peace: 2014

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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