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July 8, 2025

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July 8, 2025

Swami Sankarananda

Swami Sankarananda Swami Sankarananda was born in Karnataka on the 13th May, 1900. He was a versatile genius. It is...

Swami Sivananda offering joyful prayerful greetings warmly

Swami Santananda

Swami Santananda Sri Chandrasekar, as he was known when he came to the Ashram. from Swami Jnanananda Ashram, Tirukkoilur (South...

Gurudev teaching devoted disciples beside peaceful riverside

Swami Chaitanyananda

Swami Chaitanyananda Swami Chaitanyananda hails from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He came to the Ashram in the late forties, in the...

Swami Sivananda with devotees during spiritual gathering

Swami Sahajananda

Swami Sahajananda Sri Swami Sahajananda, Spiritual Head of Divine Life Society of South africa, was born in the KwaZulu-Natal town...

Manasic Puja spiritual guru wearing garland and sacred shawl peacefully

Swami Sharadananda

Swami Sharadananda Sri Padmanabhan came to the abode of Sri Gurudev sometime in. the mid forties when he was a...

Black and white portrait of Swami Sivananda.

Swami Premananda

Swami Premananda Swami Premananda was working as an officer in the revenue department of the Government, and he used to...

Spiritual teachers beside peaceful lakeside image

Swami Shanmugananda

Swami Shanmugananda Sri Venkataraman was born on the 9th of October, 1926 in the Dist. of Tanjore in Tamil Nadu,...

Swami Sivananda blessing a seated devotee

Swami Vimalananda

Swami Vimalananda Sri Nagaraj was born in 1932 in Chamarajanagar(near mysore), Karnataka, and was a great patriot, having taken part...

Swami Sivananda teaching disciples outdoors photograph image

Swami Shivapremananda

Swami Shivapremananda Sri Sukhendu Ray (Sri Shivaprem), as a young man, came to the Ashram from Calcutta in January, 1945,...

Swami Sivananda with devotees conquering mind's strongholds

Swami Sivananda Radha

Swami Sivananda Radha Swami Sivananda Radha, (Sylvia Hellman), was born in Germany in 1911 and lived there until after World...

Swami Sivananda meditating peacefully beside flowing river nature

Swami Devananda

Swami Devananda G. Sannyasi (that was the pre-Sannyasa name of Swami Devananda) was born on the 19th of June, 1937...

Swami Sivananda with disciples group photograph image

Swami Brahmananda

Swami Brahmananda Swami Brahmananda | Life & Teachings Swamiji’s pre-monastic name was Sri K. Nilakantha Iyer. He was born at...

Sri Swami Sivananda seated outdoors with a traditional veena in a serene mountain setting

Swami Vidyananda

Swami Vidyananda Born in a pious and religious family in Kerala in the year 1914, he was known as Ramanathan,...

Swami Sivananda blessing gathered devotees during sacred spiritual assembly with compassion

Swami Nadabrahmananda

Swami Nadabrahmananda Sri Basavaraj Puranik was born on May 5, 1896, in Mysore State, South India. He began his formal...

Swami Sivananda with devotees during spiritual discourse

Swami Jyotirmayananda

Swami Jyotirmayananda Swami Jyotirmayananda was born on the 3rd of February, 1931 in a pious family in the state of...

Swami Sivananda seated with radiant divine aura

Swami Omkarananda

Swami Omkarananda Swami Omkarananda hails from Andhra Pradesh, he was born in Hyderabad on the 25th of December, 1929. He...

Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda Known as Balakrishnan, he was born of noble parents at Ernakulam (Kerala) on the 8th of May, 1917....

Swami Sivananda and Paramahansa Yogananda collage image

Swami Madhavananda

Swami Madhavananda Swami Madhavananda | Life & Teachings Born on the 15th of December 1917, and known as Karunanidhi, he...

Swami Sivananda blessing Swami Sivananda Radha outdoors

Swami Dayananda

Swami Dayananda Swami Dayananda | Life & Teachings Born in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, in the year 1923 to prosperous parents,...

Swami Sivananda wearing flower garlands smiling peacefully

Swami Satchidananda

Swami Satchidananda Ramaswamy, as he was named by his parents, was born on the 22nd December, 1914, as the second...

Swami Sivananda seated wearing sacred garlands image

Swami Satyananda

Swami Satyananda Swami Satyananda was a teenager, a little boy, when he came to the Ashram, but very active and...

Swami Sivananda standing outdoors holding hand cymbals during devotional singing

Swami Vishnudevananda

Swami Vishnudevananda Swami Vishnudevananda | Life & Teachings Born on the 31st of December, 1927, he was known as Kuttan...

Swami Sivananda walking with devotees discussing mind control

Swami Paramananda

Swami Paramananda Born on the 15th of February, 1907, in the town of Nagore in South India, as the youngest...

Swami Sivananda smiling in formal coat portrait

Swami Venkatesananda

Swami Venkatesananda Swami Venkatesananda | Life & Teachings Parthasarathy (as Swami Venkatesananda was called before he entered the holy order...

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