| Chandraswami originally hailed from Rajasthan before his family relocated to Hyderabad in his childhood. |
| He was attracted to the study of tantra vidya from a young age. |
| Leaving home, he apprenticed under Upadhyar Amar Muni and tantrik pandit Gopinath Kaviraj. |
| Chandraswami retreated to the forests of Bihar for a four-year meditation period. |
| He asserted that following this period, he gained special abilities known as siddhis. |
| An admirer of Maa Kali, he took interest in promoting interfaith conversations. |
| Chandraswami served on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute. |
| Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao sought his guidance as a spiritual advisor. |
| After Rao's appointment in 1991, Chandraswami established an ashram in Delhi's Qutub Institutional Area, Vishwa Dharmayatan Sanathan, on land provided by Indira Gandhi. |
| Among notable individuals, Chandraswami offered spiritual counsel to the Sultan of Brunei, Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Thatcher, Adnan Khashoggi, Dawood Ibrahim, and 'Tiny' Rowland. |
| He passed away at Apollo Hospital due to multi-organ failure on May 23, 2017. |
