Swami Karpatri

Karpatri Ji Maharaj (Swāmi Karpātrī; 1907–1982; born as Har Narayan Ojha in a village called Bhatni of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) so called because he would eat only what would come in his palm kara, as the bowl pātra, was a monk in the Hindu dashanami monastic tradition.

He was a disciple of Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. He was also the founder of Dharma Sangha in Varanasi where he spent most of his life. He was a teacher in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. According to French indologist, Alain Daniélou, Karpatri initiated him into Shaivite Hinduism.

In 1948, Swami Karpatri founded the Ram Rajya Parishad, a traditionalist Hindu party.He led a movement against the Hindu Code Bill but he was unsuccessful in blocking it. He was also a prominent agitator in 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation.

Other works

On 18 April 1948, he founded the newspaper Sanmarg which promoted Sanatan Dharma and also advocated the Hindu Code Bill and voiced opposition on cow slaughters.

Kaal Mimamsa: Dating of all events related to Ramayana and Mahabharata.
The Linga And The Great Goddess: The two significant articles presented here deal with the meaning of the Linga and the nature of the Great Goddess. Besides doctrinal and mythological clarifications, we find a sophisticated debate about the nature of Sakti between two traditional schools: Nyaya and Mimamsa, which could be compared with those held in the times of Adi Sankara.
MARKSVAD AUR RAMRAJYA: Swamiji has given in detail the biography of Western philosophers, politicians, their time, opinion, their comparison with Indian sages, the corollary of theism, the opposition of Marxism in the strong classical light and the principle of 'Nyaya' and 'Vedanta'. It is a respected and cherished book as an encyclopedia of politics and philosophy.
He also wrote Gaay Ek Samgra Chintan and Kya Sambhog Se Smadhi.