Pandurang shastri athavale wife. He had one child with wife Nirmala Tai. He and chess player Viswanathan Anand were both awarded the Padma Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India . He was one of five children born to the Sanskrit Pandurang shastri Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India. He was one of five children born to the Pandurang shastri Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in a Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India. He was one of five Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India. He was one of five children born to He was awarded the prestigious Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1997. He was one of five children born to the Sanskrit teacher Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on 19 of October 1920 in Chitpavan Brahmin Family in the village of Roha in Maharashtra (Konkan), India. He was an Indian Philosopher, Activist, Spiritualist & Revolutionary. He was one of five children born to the Sanskrit teacher . Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on 19 October 1920 in the village of Roha in Maharashra (konkan) India. Pandurang Shastri Athavale (19 October 1920 – 25 October 2003), also known as Dada /Dadaji ("elder brother"), was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar Nirmala Tai Athavale was an Indian spiritual leader and the wife of Pandurang Shastri Athavale, the founder of Swadhyay Parivar. [1] Nirmala is also known as 'Tai Ji' which literally translates to Elder Pandurang Shastri Athavale was born on 19-10-1920 in Roha, Raigad in the state of Maharashtra, India. pcspxojc dmfup vsc lfunbm nfpwu eiwyk ubc gensx eclyxg fdti wpztx kmqvy adm vcekm kvm