Swami Sundaranand

**Swami Sundaranand;** (Afrilu 1926-23 Disamba 2020) ɗan Yogi ɗan Indiya ne, mai ɗaukar hoto, marubuci, kuma ɗan dutse wanda yayi jawabai a Indiya game da barazanar kogin Ganges da asarar dusar ƙanƙara ta Himalayan saboda ɗumamar duniya.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Swami Sundarananda dalibi ne na babban malamin yoga Swami Tapovan Maharaj (1889-1957), wanda ya rubuta a ƙarshen 19th da farkon ƙarni na 20th game da rayuwar yogic a cikin Himalayas a cikin littafin yoga na gargajiya *Wanderings acikin Himalayas* (Himagiri Vihar). Sundaranand ya zauna tare da Swami Tapovan acikin yankin Gangotri wanda ba a iya isa ba, a tushen Ganges, wanda ake la'akari da daya daga cikin wurare masu tsarki na Indiya.

Tun daga 1948, yana zaune kusa da Ganges a Gangotri, yana da ƙafa 10,400, acikin ƙauyen bukka  (*kuti*) wanda ubangidansa Swami Tapovan Maharaj yayi masa wasici bayan rasuwarsa a 1957. A can, Swami Sundaranand ya rayu cikin kadaici kuma cikin mafi tsananin lokacin sanyi ba tareda jin daɗi ko jin daɗi ba. Ya shaida kusa da guguwar Gangotri Glacier daga inda Ganges ke fitowa, kuma ya ba da tarihin sadaukarwarsa ga kyawawan dabi'un Himalayas na Indiya a matsayin ƙwararren mai daukar hoto. Gidan kayan tarihi da aka keɓe don kariyar muhalli da jagorar ruhaniya, mai ɗauke da hoton Swami Sundaranand na Himalayan, yanzu yana cikin matakan tsarawa. Za a kasance a Gangotri akan kadarorin Sundaranand da ubangidansa.

A matsayinsa na mai son zuciya, ya ɗauki alƙawarin brahmacharya sadhu acikin 1948 kuma yana sadaukar da rayuwarsa kullum ga zurfin tunani da sauran ayyuka na ruhaniya. Ya ci gaba da kasancewa babban mai bada shawara don kiyaye muhalli na Himalayas, Ganges da tushen sa a Gangotri.

Ya ɗauki hotuna sama da 100,000, sama da shekaru 50, na dusar ƙanƙara ta Gangotri acikin Himalaya ta Indiya. Ya bi ta Indiya don wayar da kan jama'a game da saurin raguwar Gangotri.

Wanda akeyi masa lakabi da " *Sadhu* Who Clicks" saboda daukar hotonsa, shi ma fitaccen mai hawan dutse ne, wanda ya haura sama da kololuwar Himalayan 25, kuma ya haura sau biyu tare da Sir Edmund Hillary da Tenzing Norgay. Sir Edmund Hillary ya biya Swami Sundaranand a shekarun 1980 a bukkarsa ta Gangotri. Na Gangotri glacier, Swami Sundaranand ya ce:A shekara ta 1949, sa’ad da na fara ganin dusar ƙanƙara, naji kamar an kawar da dukan zunubana kuma na sami sake haifuwa da gaske. Amma yanzu, ba zai yiwu a fuskanci wannan Ganga na baya ba.Swami Sundaranand shine marubucin littafin *Himalaya: Ta hanyar Lens of a Sadhu* tare da hotuna sama da 425 da suka shafe shekaru 60 na aikinsa. Littafin ya kuma ƙunshi wasiƙar amincewa daga tsohon Firaministan Indiya Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Yayi ƙoƙari ya kama madawwami acikin yanayi da kuma rubuta yankin kamar yadda yake a da tare da kulawa ta musamman kan dasa shuki na bege da zaburarwa don magance matsalolin muhalli na yankin. An gina wurin duba da alluna daga Gangotri kuma an sadaukar da aikin Swami da ƙoƙarinsa.

Swami Sundaranand shine batun wani fim ɗin da aka harba a gidansa da ke Gangotri mai taken *Lokaci na Musamman tare da Swamiji*. Cibiyar Nazarin Healing Arts  ce ta shirya fim ɗin kuma Victor Demko ne ya bada umarni.

## Ra'ayi kan ɗumamar yanayi
Acikin shekaru sittin da suka gabata, Swami Sundaranand yayi amfani da haɗin gwiwar bukatunsa don wayar da kan jama'a game da Ganga. "Lokacin da na fara zuwa wannan yanki, yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun sassa na Himalayas," in ji shi. “Yana da wuya ayi tunanin tsaftar Ganga da yawan ciyayi da namun daji na Himalayan da sukayi yawa a lokacin. Ba mu san abin da muka lalata ba."

Swami Sundaranand ya zauna a Gangotri tun 1948, lokacin da ya zama mai murabus, kuma ya isa can daga Andhra Pradesh. A cikin kalamansa: “Da yawa sun canza tun daga lokacin. Ko da yake iska tana sanyi a nan, rana tana da zafi. Yana ƙara zafi kowace shekara. Mutane sun ce dumamar yanayi ce. Na ce gargadi ne na duniya."

Gurbacewar Ganga a cikin filayen ta kasance abin da akayi ta maimaitawa, amma, a cewar Sundaranand, babbar barazana ita ce gurbatar muhalli a tushen. Ya alakanta hakan ne da yadda ba a kula da gine-ginen otal-otal da *ashram* a Gangotri da kuma zubar da shara daga wadannan wurare kamar najasa da shara acikin Ganga. A cewarsa, "babu masu son muhalli da aka bari a nan, sai masu son kudi". Kowace shekara, yayin da garin haikalin ke rufe a lokacin damina mai tsanani, gine-ginen da ba a kula da shi bada sare itatuwa yana kan ƙololuwar sa. A cewar sadhu, “An sare bishiyoyin bhoj da yawa acikin Bhojbasa, akan hanyar Gaumukh. Tun da farko, a kan tafiyata zuwa dusar ƙanƙara ta Gaumukh, na iya hango dabbobin da ba kasafai ba kamar damisar dusar ƙanƙara da barewa. Ba kasafai ake ganin su yanzu ba”.

Sadhu kuma ya kasance mai hazaka mai hazaƙa - a lokacin da ya yi tattaki zuwa glacier a cikin shekaru 10-15 da suka wuce, ya ga dusar kankara tana ja da baya cikin sauri fiye da kowane lokaci. A cewarsa, Gaumukh bai kai 1 ba&nbsp;km daga Bhojbasa, amma yau, 4 ne&nbsp;km daga nesa kuma cewa kowace shekara, glacier yana ja da baya da akalla mita 10. Ya bayyana ra'ayin cewa gurbacewar ganga daga tushensa da kuma narkar da dusar kankara na Himalayan su ne ainihin batutuwan da masu kula da muhalli ke buƙata cikin gaggawa, maimakon adawa da gina madatsun ruwa.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ya shagaltu da sa'o'i 3 na zuzzurfan tunani a rana, kuma wani lokaci yanayin zuzzurfan tunani da daddare har zuwa wayewar gari. Mafi mahimmancin sassan rayuwarsa sune tunani, *japa* da *pranayama*. Sa'ad da yake ƙarami ya kasance ƙwararren *hatha* yogi, yana ƙware a matsayi 300, kuma ya cigaba da aiwatar da shi kullun. Ya kasance mai himma sosai ga yanayin da ya rayu tsawon shekaru arba'in kuma ya gaskata cewa "Allah ba ya zama acikin temples ko masallatai - yana warwatse ko'ina acikin farfajiyar yanayi."

Sundaranand ya mutu a ranar 23 ga Disamba 2020 a wani asibiti mai zaman kansa a Dehradun. Ya rasu yana da shekaru 96. An gano shi da COVID-19 kuma ya murmure a farkon Oktoba.

## Littafi Mai Tsarki

* Himalaya: Through the Lens of a sadhu. Tapovan kuti prakashan. August 2001. ISBN 978-81-901326-0-2.
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## Filmography

* ''Lokacin Keɓaɓɓu tare da Swami-ji''  (157&nbsp;mins, fim, 2008, Cibiyar Waraka Arts )

## Manazarta