Yadunandan Prasad Mehta also called Swami Sahastranan Saraswati was an Indian monk, social reformer and chief theoretician of Triveni Sangh movement, based in Shahabad district of Bihar.
This incident, refers to a large scale yajña organised in his ancestral village, the chief officiating priest of which was Yadunandan Prasad Mehta.
In his village, there resided a widowed women, who lost her husband at a young age, and became ascetic, involving herself in service of god.
According to Mani, they couldn't tolerate a woman from lower caste, dressed up as Sādhvī, collecting fund for officiating a sacrifice.
[3][1] When the search for a priest, who could officiate this yajna began, Yadunandan Prasad Mehta— who used to dress up like a Sadhu, was invited to the village.