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Born as Munusami on this day in 1890, He quit school when there was an attempt to convert him and other students to Christianity. He was forced to repay the money the school had spent on his food.

Karapadi Swami in Vyasarpadi, advised him to work for the welfare of Dalits in
Chidambaram. It was he who named him Sahajananda.

He established a mutt and a trust in the name of Nandanar, a medieval Dalit devotee and one of the 63 Saivite saints, in Chidambaram in 1916. 
He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council between 1926 and 1932 and
again between 1936 and 1947. After Independence, he was elected to the Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency and continued as a member till his death in 1959. 

He mobilised funds for the family of freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai when he went bankrupt.

He travelled
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