"Kulkathao", a series of pen portraits of people from the Bhatia caste, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1969, but, he refused to accept the award due to his vow not to accept any monetary benefits for his writings. Gujarati writer and translator Mulshankar Bhatt has collected his best of the character sketches and published as "Dharati Ni Arati" (1977). In it, he has sketched the character of those people who had created a deep impression in his life. Some of the popular characters from it are Dhanima, Mahadev Desai, Vamandada and Dr. Mayadas. His philosophical essay collections include "Isunu Balidan" (1922), "Ishopnishad", "Ishubhagwat" (1977), "Lokgeeta", "Navla Darshan Ane Bija Lekho" (1968), "Manavtana Veri" (1966), "Anant Kala" (1967), "Atamna Mool" (1967), "Sarvoday Vicharana" (co-written). His "Anant Kala" is a meditation on nature and spirituality while his writing also covers the Upanishads and the Sarvodaya Movement extensively. These essays share views on religion and society based on the concept of "Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava" which he had embraced. He also produced travelogues based on his travels in the Himalayas which were published in "Prasthan" magazine between 1954 to 1960 and posthumously published in "Uttarapathni Yatra" and "Baraf Raste Badrinath" (1980). His translation of Sven Hedin's travel writing as "Asiana Bhraman Ane Sanshodhan" in Gujarati which was also published posthumously in 1979. "Bachpanna Bar Varsh" (1982) his incomplete autobiographical work. "Juni Moodi" (1980) is a collection of proverbs and idioms. Some of his other works include the novels "Ambavadiyun" and "Amaratvel" and a compilation of correspondence between him and Gandhi's colleagues are contained in the "Ugamani Dishano Ujas" and "Dhodhamar", all edited by Dinkar Joshi. A biography of Swami Anand was written by Chandrakant Sheth and he is the central character in Sujata Bhatt's poem, "Point No Point".