Arya Samaj and the sacred life of Mahatma Anand Swami Saraswati have been irretrievably been intertwined. Formerly known as Mahasha Khushal Chand, he was also the founder of The Daily Milap, one of India's oldest and largest Urdu newspapers. He took sannyas at the age of 65 and embraced monastic life. For the next three decades he travelled around the country and across the world inspiring and influencing many within the Arya Samaj and beyond. This is a definitive biography of a modern monk written by his grandson who knew him and his life very closely.