Two of India's most famous 20th-century sages died in the same year

Ramana Maharshi, the silent sage of Arunachala in the south, and Sri Aurobindo, the philosopher of Pondicherry, are often placed at opposite ends of modern Indian spiritual life. Yet they died just under eight months apart, both in 1950 — Ramana on 14 April, Aurobindo on 5 December.

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