| Shivakumara Swami | |
 Shivakumara Swami (right) with Indian president Abdul Kalam in 2007. | |
| Birth: | 1 April 1907? Veerapura, Karnataka, India |
| Death: | 21 January 2019 Tumkur, Karnataka, India |
| Age: | 111 years, 295 days? |
| Country: |  IND
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| Longevity claimant | |
Sri Sri Sri Sivakumara Swamigalu (1 April 1907? – 21 January 2019), known as Shivakumara Swami, was an Indian humanitarian, Hindu religious figure, and supercentenarian claimant who was the head of Sree Siddanga Mutt and the founder of Sri Siddanga Education Society.
Biography[]
Swami claimed to have been born in Verrapura, Karnataka, India on 1 April 1907. He was initiated into vitakrasham in 1930. He studied English in College and is a proficient in Kannada.
In 2007, the government awarded Swami the prestigious award, the highest civilian award of the state. In 2015, the government awarded him with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
Swami celebrated his claimed 110th birthday on 1 April 2017. He continued to do humanitarian work at the alleged age of 111.
In May 2018, at the claimed age of 111, he voted during the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
Swami died in Tumkur, Karnataka, India on 21 January 2019, at the claimed age of 111 years, 295 days.
References[]
- Bharat Ratna sought for Siddaganga seer The Hindu, 15 October 2008 (Archived)
- 108th birthday of Siddaganga mutt Seer celebrated The Hindu, 1 April 2015
- Seer of Siddaganga Mutt turns 110 today The Hindu, 1 April 2017
- No matter how many times the polls, these centenarians are ever ready to vote Daijiworld, 12 May 2018
- Karanataka polls 2018: 111-year-old Swamiji who never missed a poll since India's Independence sets a record in Tumakuru The New Indian Express, 12 May 2018
- Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami dies at 111, Karnataka declares 3-day state mourning India Today, 21 January 2019