Nigamananda Paramahansa early life Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa was born on August 18, 1880, in a Bengali Brahmin family in Kutabpur. He was named Nalinikanta at birth, lost his mother at … Read more
Paramahamsa Madhabda’s early days Paramahamsa Madhabdas Maharaj (1798 – 1921) was born in Bengal to the Mukhopadhyaya family. He came from the lineage of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from Bengal. He has … Read more
Swami Kuvalayananda biography Swami Kuvalayananda (30 August 1883–18 April 1966) was named Jagannatha Ganesa Gune when he was born. He was a teacher, researcher, and well-renowned pioneer in the scientific … Read more
Swami Satyananda Saraswati Swami Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009) was born in Almora, Uttarakhand, into a family of farmers. Despite coming from a family who has … Read more
Swami Sri Kripalvanand’s early life Swami Sri Kripalvanand, also affectionately called Bapuji by his devotees, was a renowned Yoga and spiritual guru and is considered one of the world’s greatest … Read more
Swami Sivananda’s early life Swami Shivananda Saraswati, a great yoga guru, spiritual teacher and propagandist of Vedanta, was born on 8 September 1887 in the village of Pattamadai on the … Read more
Who was Indra Devi? Indra Devi is the first woman yogi and the mother of Western yoga. Indra Devi was a pioneering instructor of Yoga as exercise and a young … Read more
Who is Yogi Amrit Desai? Yogi Amrit Desai, popularly known as Gurudev Shri Amrit, is a renowned yoga teacher who pioneered Yoga, especially Hatha Yoga, in the West in the … Read more