Swami Tapovan Maharaj was born in 1889 on the Suklapaksha Ekadashi day of Mārgasirsa month.
[1]: v His mother, Kunjamma, belonged to an ancient aristocratic Nair Hindu family at Mudappallur in Palghat Taluk of Kerala.
[1]: v Based on his date of birth, the infant's horoscope, cast in accordance with family tradition, revealed "unusually contrary indications of huge prosperity and abject poverty".
Tapovan Maharaj exhibited a deep love for nature and his accounts of his travels demonstrate such.
He died in the early hours of 16 January 1957, which was the day of Pausha Purnima according to Hindu calendar.