Ratnasundarsuri (born 5 January 1948) is an Indian Jain monk, activist and Gujarati language writer. He is well known for his lectures on spirituality and social issues.

Biography

Ratnasundarsuri was born at Depla village near Palitana (now in Gujarat), India to Dalichand and Champaben. His birth name was Rajni. He was initiated in asceticism in 1967 under Bhuvanbhanusuri. He was conferred the title of Acharya in 1996. He spent four years in Delhi starting 2006. In 2011, he started a petition to ban meat export from India. In July 2013, he filed a petition to the Rajya Sabha to ban sex education and online

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Works

In spite of being a religious saint, he has written many visionary books for the socio-cultural upliftment of the individual as well as society at large. Till today, he has written 450 books on variety of subjects and holds the Golden Book of World Records for writing more than 300 books in a single language (Gujarati).http://ratnaworld.com/ ''Lakhi Rakho Aras Ni Takati Par'' is his most acclaimed book. It is translated in 20 languages including Hindi, English, Urdu, Marathi, French and German. His lectures on the television are popular.

Recognition

In 2017, he was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award by Government of India for his contribution in field of spirituality.

References

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19 1948 births Living people Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields Jain acharyas Scholars of Jainism Gujarati people Gujarati-language writers Indian Jain monks 20th-century Indian Jain writers 20th-century Jain monks 20th-century Indian monks 21st-century Indian Jains 21st-century Jain monks 21st-century Indian monks Śvetāmbara monks