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Swami Sivananda Saraswati (स्वामी शिवानंद सरस्वती)

Bhaktmal: Swami Sivananda Saraswati
Real Name - Kuppuswami
Other Names - Sivananda Saraswati
Aradhya - Shiv Ji
Guru - Vishwananda Saraswati
Disciples - Satyananda Saraswati, Chidananda Saraswati, Krishnananda Saraswati
Born - 8 September 1887
Place - Pattamadai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Father - Sri P.S. Vengu Iyer
Mother - Srimati Parvati Ammal
Marital Status - Unmarried
Language - Sanskrit, English, Tamil
Renowned - Yoga Guru
Founder - Divine Life Society

Sivananda Saraswati was a yoga guru, a Hindu spiritual teacher, and a proponent of Vedanta. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism.

Swami Sivananda Saraswati was also the founder of the Divine Life Society, apart from being the author of more than 200 books, on Yoga, Vedanta, etc. read on this biography to know more about Swami Sivananda and his life history. After graduating in medicine, he started practicing in Malaysia for a prod of ten years. He always used to treat the poor people free of cost. As time passed, he started feeling that medicine cured a person only at a superficial level, without even touching their soul. In 1927, Sivananda started a charitable dispensary at Lakshmanjula, where he treated pilgrims and the poor.

Sivananda Yoga, the yoga form propagated by his disciple Vishnudevananda, is now spread in many parts of the world through Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. These centres are not affiliated with Sivananda's ashrams, which are run by the Divine Life Society.

स्वामी शिवानंद सरस्वती हिन्दी में पढ़ें

शिवानंद सरस्वती एक योग गुरु, एक हिंदू आध्यात्मिक शिक्षक और वेदांत के समर्थक थे। उन्होंने चिकित्सा का अध्ययन किया और मठवाद अपनाने से पहले कई वर्षों तक ब्रिटिश मलाया में एक चिकित्सक के रूप में सेवा की।

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