Inspirers
Swami Satyananda Saraswati was born in Almorah
(UP) in 1923. He joined his Guru, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, in Rishikesh
(UP), and adopted the Dashnami Sannyasa life in 1943. He served his Guru's
mission for 12 years in many capacities.
In 1955 he left Rishikesh to travel throughout India as a wandering ascetic
to assess the needs of modern society. In 1956 he founded the International
Yoga Fellowship Movement and, in 1963, the Bihar School of Yoga. He founded
Sivananda Math, a social and charitable institution to help the weaker,
underprivileged sections of society in 1984 and the Yoga Research Foundation,
a scientific research oriented yoga organisation, in 1984.
Swami Satyananda has authored over 80 best-sellers and classical texts
on yoga and spiritual life, he is the spiritual guide to thousands of
aspirants and the inspiration behind many Yoga Ashrams and Yoga Mitra
Mandals in India and abroad.
In 1988 he renounced his mission, adopting kshetra sannyasa, and now
lives as a Paramahamsa Sannyasin performing higher spiritual and vedic
sadhanas, thus guiding sannyasins and house-holders in their spiritual
journey to develop a universal vision.
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