Foremost authority and inspirer of
the modern yogic and tantric renaissance.
Born in the foothills of the
Himalayas in 1923.
Left his home at the age of nineteen
in search of spiritual truth.
Joined his Guru, Swami Sivananda
Saraswati of Rishikesh, and adopted the Sannyasa way of life in
1943.
Served his Guru for twelve years,
broadening his own understanding of the spiritual sciences.
Travelled the length and breadth of
the Indian sub-continent for nine years as a wandering ascetic, to assess the
needs of modern man.
Founded the International Yoga Fellowship
Movement at Rajandgaon in 1956.
Founded the Bihar School of
Yoga at Munger in 1963.
Conducted numberous programmes for
training Sannyasins and householders alike in the techniques of Yoga; and
toured internationally, propagating Yoga among people of all countries, races
and religions.
Spiritual guide to thousands of
aspirants and the guiding force behind the Yoga training provided at hundreds
of Satyananda Ashrams and Yoga Mitra Mandalas in India and
abroad.
Authoured over eighty books on Yoga
and spirituality.
Founded Sivananda Math, a social,
charitable institution at Munger in 1984.
Founded the Yoga Research Foundation,
a medical and scietific research oriented institution, at Munger in
1984.
Renounced all that he has created in
1988, and now leads the life of a Paramahamsa Sannyasin Panchdashnam
Paramahamsa Alakh Bara at Deoghar), not working for his flock and mission
alone, but having a universal vision.
