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Swami Shantanand Saraswati (1913–1997) was Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery from 1953 to 1980; he was a direct disciple of Brahmananda Saraswati and succeeded him as Shankaracharya. His life
As a result, Swami Shantanand Saraswati assumed the Shankarcharya-ship, but his authority was disputed by other 3 Shankaracharya's Puri, Dwaraka, Sringeri and several of Swami Sri Brahmananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj's disciples and followers who did not feel that Shantanand met the requirements described in the 2500 Yrs Adi Shankarachaya ...
Swami Karpatri, Shantanand Saraswati, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Swaroopanand Saraswati Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī) (21 December 1871 [ 1 ] – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India.
Sahajanand Saraswati (pronunciation ⓘ, 22 February 1889 – 26 June 1950) was an ascetic, a nationalist and a peasant leader of India.Although born in United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), his social and political activities focussed mostly on Bihar [1] in the initial days, and gradually spread to the rest of India with the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha.
H. H. Swami Santhananda Saraswati Avadhoota Swamigal (28 March 1921 – 27 May 2002) born as Subrahmanyam was a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher who established the worship of Devi Bhuvaneswari in Tamil Nadu. He was the founder of the Bhuvaneswari Peetam in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. The very embodiment of Prema, Sri Sri Swami ...
Swami Sivananda Saraswati Satyananda Saraswati (1923 – 5 December 2009), was a Sanyasi , yoga teacher and guru in both his native India and the West. He was a student of Sivananda Saraswati , the founder of the Divine Life Society , and founded the Bihar School of Yoga in 1964. [ 1 ]
Swami Ghanananda was born as Kwesi Essel on September 12, 1937, in Senya Beraku, a village in the Central Region of Ghana. [3] His family practiced a native Ghanaian faith, but his parents later converted to Christianity. From a very early age Swami Ghanananda was interested in the mysteries of the universe and read various religious texts. [2]
Nevertheless, it was not until Dr Roles was introduced to Swami Shantanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath—the head of the Advaita tradition in Northern India whose teaching of the non-dual philosophy of the Vedanta complemented and completed all he had learnt before—that he became convinced that his search was over. [22] [23] [24]