Born in the village of Tulati in Orissa, Pujyapada Ayodhya Dasji Maharaj grew up under the proper guidance of the famous saints like H.H. Mahant Maharaj, Shri Ramchandra Dasji of Chhauni Math and Balaram Kot Math in Jagannath Puri. Ayodhya Dasji also imbibed education from another popular saint, Shri Ramdasji Maharaj, in the later period of his life. Ramdasji gave a lot of affection and advice to Ayodhya Dasji and he also sent him to Varanasi for getting higher studies.

In Varanasi, Ayodhya Dasji was well famous to be a highly meritorious student and he also published a number of journals and magazines in his life. He started publishing a Hindi monthly magazine named `Vairagya Jyoti` from Varanasi in the year 1965 and since then he has been its Chief Editor. He also worked as the Chief Editor of `Hindu Chetna` and as a sub- editor of the famous quarterly journals from Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya and Banaras Hindu Vishwavidalaya. Ayodhya Dasji was extremely inclined towards spiritualism, since his student days and he visited a large number of spiritual centers like Chitrakut, Ayodhya and Anustan. He is also involved with various social works, at the moment.