 He is best known for his teachings on Jainism and his spiritual guidance to Mahatma Gandhi.Shrimad Rajchandra was born on 11 November 1867 (Kartik Sud Purnima, Vikram Samvat 1924), in Vavania, a port near Morbi (now in Gujarat, India).His mother, Devbai, was Svetambara Sthanakvasi Jain and his father, Ravjibhai Mehta and paternal grand father, Panchan Mehta, were Vaishnava Hindu.