Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Swami Satyananda Saraswati was born in Almorah (UP) in 1923. He joined his Guru, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, in Rishikesh (UP), and adopted the Dashnami Sannyasa life in 1943. He served his Guru's mission for 12 years in many capacities. In 1955 he
left Rishikesh to travel throughout India as a wandering ascetic to assess the needs of modern society. In 1956 he founded the International Yoga Fellowship Movement and, in 1963, the Bihar School of Yoga. He founded Sivananda Math, a social and charitable institution to help the weaker, underprivileged sections of society in 1984 and the Yoga Research Foundation, a scientific research oriented yoga organization, in 1984.
Swami Satyananda has authored over 80 best-sellers and classical texts on yoga and spiritual life, he is the spiritual guide to thousands of aspirants and the inspiration behind many Yoga Ashrams and Yoga Mitra Mandals in India and abroad. In 1988 he
renounced his mission, adopting kshetra sannyasa, where he lived as a Paramahamsa Sannyasin performing higher spiritual and vedic sadhanas, thus guiding sannyasins and householders in their spiritual journey to develop a universal vision.

Following the unbroken tradition of realized yogis, Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati entered into Mahasamadhi at ajeya muhurta, on the midnight of 5th December, 2009 and assumed eternal consciousness.