Key facts
- Born
- 8 May 1916, Kerala
- Died
- 3 August 1993, San Diego
- State of birth
- Kerala, Kerala
- Sector
- Religion & spirituality
- Profession
- Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1916-1993)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, also known as Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher. In 1953, he founded Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide nonprofit organisation, in order to spread the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and other ancient Hindu scriptures. Through the Mission, Swami Chinmayananda spearheaded a global Hindu spiritual and cultural renaissance that popularised these spiritual texts and values, teaching them in English all across India and abroad.
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Timeline
- 1916Born in Kerala
- 1993Dies in San Diego
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5