stamp on Shrimad Rajchandraji issued by India post

A commemorative postage stamp on Shrimad Rajchandraji of denomination Rs.5 was issued by India Post on 29.06.2017.

His full name was Shri Raichandbhai Ravjibhai Mehta. He was born in 1867 A.D. at Vavania in Saurashtra. His family belonged to a well-known merchant community. His father’s name was Ravjibhai and mother’s name was Devabai. His mother was brought up in Jain religious traditions. His grand father was a staunch devotee of Lord Krishna. It was in the garb of an ordinary child that one of the future torchbearers of Jain religion was born, in the town of Vavania in Gujarat, India to Smt. Devba and Shri Ravjibhai Mehta.

He was a poet, philosopher, shrimad rajchandraji , scholar and reformer.  He was prodigy and claimed to have recollection of his past lives at the age of seven. He performed Avdhan, a memory retention and recollection test which gained him popularity but he later discouraged it in favour of his spiritual pursuits. He wrote large number of philosophical poetry including Atma Siddhi.He also wrote large number of letters and commentaries and translated some religious texts. He is best known for his teachings on Jainism and as a spiritual guide of Mahatma Gandhi.He scaled great heights of spiritual attainment and achieved the lofty status of one who has to take only one more birth till total emancipation, in a brief journey that lasted 33 years and 5 months.