 Pāndurangāshram would go on to learn under his guru for a period of 6 years.Swami Krishnāshram fell ill in 1863.On the "ashtami" (eighth day) of the month of "mārghashīrsha" that year, Krishnāshram died, after being at the helm of the community for a dynamic period of 24 years where the community faced a lot of changes.