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Swami Shyam (1924–February 2017), [1] born in Chandani, Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India, was raised in the Vedic tradition of Knowledge of the Self (Atma-gyan) [definition needed]. Shyam has meditated, studied and been dedicated to this tradition since his early childhood, when his father invited Swami Ramanand , a guru from Uttar ...
Amar Jawan Jyoti (lit. transl. Immortal Soldier Flame, or light [a]) is an Indian memorial conceptualised and constructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and inaugurated on 26 January 1972. It was the national war memorial in India until February 2019, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] when the new National War Memorial and its own flame was inaugurated and lit ...
Yogi Ramsuratkumar (1 December 1918 – 20 February 2001), affectionately referred to as ‘Bhagawan’, was an Indian saint and mystic. He was also referred to as "Visiri Samiyar" (Saint with hand fan) and spent most of his post-enlightenment period in Tiruvannamalai, a small town in Tamil Nadu which is known for attracting spiritual seekers worldwide and has had a continuous lineage of ...
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Gurumayi or Swami Chidvilasananda), born Malti Shetty on 24 June 1955, is the guru or spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path, with ashrams in India at Ganeshpuri and the Western world, with the headquarters of the SYDA foundation in Fallsburg, New York.
Jyotir Math is the uttaramnaya matha or northern monastery, one of four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the reviver of Vedic Sanatana Dharma. [1] Shankara's four principal disciples, Padma-Pada, Hasta-Malaka, Suresvaracharya and Totakacharya were assigned to these four learning centers in the north, south, east and west of India. [3]
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 ...
Swami Avdheshanand Giri is an Indian Hindu spiritual guru, writer and philosopher. He is the current Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara. [1] [2] Juna Akhara is the largest Akhara for Naga Sadhus in India. [3] [4] Giri has initiated about one million Naga sadhus. [5] [6] His Ashram is situated at Kankhal, Haridwar. [7]
Akhand Jyoti magazine, January 1940 In 1933, a new phase of Shriram's life began when he traveled extensively across India. He visited Shantiniketan to meet Rishivar Rabindranath Tagore , Arunachalam to meet Maharshi Ramana , Pondicherry to meet Sri Aurobindo , and Sabarmati Ashram to meet Mahatma Gandhi. [ 3 ]