Shripad Damodar Satwalekar

19th Sept 1867 – 31st july 1968

The founder of swadhyay mandal... Padmabhushan Pandit Shripad Damodar Satwalekar was a versatile genius, Scholar, Author, Patriot, Freedom-Fighter, Proponent of Surya Namaskar, Lover of Vedic values and ideas and a real inspiration for Human upliftment. He was a true "Karmayogi". Born in 1867, at Kolgaon, Dist Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India, brought up under Vedic values and traditional and Sanskrit learning, he started his career as an Artist and Photographer, and he established a Studio in Lahor. He painted portraits of Maharajas, Dignities and many more ... He was prosecuted severa