whynotnow: > No, it came from a deer I am pretty sure. > Probably from Corbett Park.
http://www.corbettpark.com/ >From what I've read, Guru Dev did not sit on a 'deerskin'; he meditated on an antelope skin. The skin, which was given to Guru Dev by his guru Swami Krishnanada Saraswati, which the great Guru Dev meditated on, was inherited by his successor, in direct desciplic succession. Not only the skin, but the gold gilt high chair and the Raja Umbrella, the sandals, the japa beads, the water pot and the staff of Guru Dev. Also, the Jyotirmath Ashram, the buildings and all the Ashram property, both at Jypotirmath and at the Shankar Math at Allahabad, were inherited by Guru Dev's successor. Guru Dev's successor was H.H. Swami Shantanand Saraswati, as reported in the Indian Press. All the above listed items are now in the possession of Swami Vasudevananda Saraswati, the current representative of the line of Brahmanada Saraswati. Read more: Subject: The Shankaracharyas Today Author: Willytex Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: July 1, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/3ugc62k Sources: 'The Times of India' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ "The Whole Thing, the Real Thing" The Official Biography of Guru Dev "A Tradition of Teachers: Shankara and the Jagadgurus Today" By William Cenkner, Ph.D. > > The real prize would be the deerskin. > > I think I heard that it was inherited > > from Guru Dev.
