Vāsudevānanda Sarasvatī (Ṭembe Swāmī)
19th–20th century · Māṇgaon (Konkan) to Garuḍeśvar · Datta tradition
Vāsudevānanda Sarasvatī, known as Ṭembe Swāmī, was born at Māṇgaon in the Konkan in 1854. A learned Brahmin devoted to Datta, he took sannyāsa and spent the rest of his life walking across India on foot, observing strict discipline and never staying long in one place.
He wrote many works in Sanskrit and Marathi, including the Datta Purāṇa, the Datta Māhātmya and a condensed Sanskrit Gurucaritra, and composed stotras still recited by Datta devotees. He did much to revive Datta worship in modern Maharashtra. He passed away in 1914 at Garuḍeśvar on the Narmadā, in Gujarat.
1854–1914 · Garuḍeśvar, Narmadā · Datta Purāṇa