Pujya Sri Swami Magni Ram Shastri Ji attained Mahasamadhi in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on 18 November 2016.
Sri Swami Ji hailed from Rajasthan and was the Chela of Sri Swami Ram Kishore. After his studies in Swargashram (Rishikesh) and Haridwar, he obtained his Vedanta Acharya degree from the Sanskrit University of Varanasi.
Sri Swami Ji spent more than twenty years living in Phul Chatti Ashram near Rishikesh, from as far back as 1962. There he came to know personally Sri Swami Abhishiktananda and Sri Swami Ajatananda. This was the starting point of a deep spiritual connection. In 1984, Sri Swami Ji shifted to a newly built ashram, Om Ram Dham, in Rishikesh. He was a long-time member of the Executive Committee of the Abhishiktananda Society where he took part in many interreligious meetings organized in India and abroad. Sri Swami Magni Ram Shastri Ji was also a founding member of Ajatananda Ashram and served two terms as President of the Ajatananda Interreligious Trust.
On 19 November 2016, Pujya Sri Swami Ji was given Bhu Samadhi (burial), close to the Ganga River at his Rishikesh ashram, amid Vedic chants and rituals. His beloved presence is fondly remembered by the monks of Ajatananda Ashram and the broader Rishikesh sadhu community.