Key facts
- Born
- 22 December 1914, Tamil Nadu
- Died
- 19 August 2002, Tamil Nadu
- State of birth
- Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu
- Sector
- Religion & spirituality
- Profession
- Yogiraj (1914-2002)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Satchidananda Saraswati, born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder and known as Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian yoga guru and religious teacher, who gained following in the West. He founded his own brand of Integral Yoga, and its Yogaville headquarters in Virginia. He was the author of philosophical and spiritual books and had a core of founding disciples who compiled his translations and updated commentaries on traditional handbooks of yoga such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita for modern readers.
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Timeline
- 1914Born in Tamil Nadu
- 2002Dies in Tamil Nadu
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5