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Mahavatar Babaji (IAST: Mahāvatāra Bābājī; lit. ' Great Avatar (Revered) Father ') is the Himalayan yogi and guru who taught Kriya Yoga to Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895). [2] [3] [a] Babaji first became recognized through the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda, who devoted a chapter of his Autobiography of a Yogi to Babaji and founded Self-Realization Fellowship, a modern yoga movement that ...
The origins of the present-day forms of Kriya Yoga can be traced back to Lahiri Mahasaya, who said he received initiation into the yoga techniques from an immortal Himalayan yogi called Mahavatar Babaji. [19] [20] The story of Lahiri Mahasaya receiving initiation into Kriya Yoga by Mahavatar Babaji in 1861 is recounted in Autobiography of a Yogi.
Lahiri Mahasaya was born to Gourmohan and Muktakeshi Lahiri on 30 September 1828, in village Ghurni, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, India, according to Yogananda. [4] In 1832, a flood killed his mother and destroyed their home, after which his family moved to Varanasi, where he received education in philosophy, Sanskrit, and English.
Mahavatar Babaji [22] (mid-19th – mid-20th century) Mangayarkkarasiyar (c. 7th century), Tamil literature; Manik Prabhu; Master C. V. V. (4 August 1868 – 12 May 1922) Mata Amritanandamayi [23] (born 27 September 1953) Matsyendranath (c. 10th century) Meera (c. 1498 – c. 1547), Hindi literature; Meher Baba (25 February 1894 – 31 January ...
Dunagiri is a historic area in Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand in India.Dunagiri is known as the birthplace of modern-day Kriya Yoga due to the fact that Lahiri Mahasaya was initiated into Kriya Yoga by Mahavatar Babaji at this site.
In 1894, while attending the Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, he met the guru of Lahiri Mahasaya, Mahavatar Babaji, [12] [13] who asked Sri Yukteswar to write a book comparing Hindu scriptures and the Christian bible. [14] [15] Mahavatar Babaji also bestowed on Sri Yukteswar the title of 'Swami' at that meeting.
Sri M (born Mumtaz Ali Khan, 6 November 1948), [1] also known as Sri Madhukar Nath, is an Indian yogi, spiritual guide, orator, and educationist.He is an initiate of the Nath tradition of Hinduism and is the disciple of Sri Maheshwarnath Babaji, who was a disciple of Sri Guru Babaji (Mahavatar Babaji).
Govind Prasad Kukreti (25 August 1932 – 31 August 2016), [1] popularly known as Dabral Baba, was an Indian yogi and a disciple of Vikrant Bhairav and Mahavatar Babaji. He was also known as Baba and Shri Dabral Baba.