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| Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati |
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- Born in Rajnandgaon (M.P.) in 1960.
- Joined Bihar School of Yoga in 1964.
- Initiated into the Dashnami (Saraswati) order of sannyasa in 1971.
- Travelled overseas to help with the development of ashrams and yoga centres in Ireland, England and other European countries.
- Toured many countries for the next eleven years, including Australia, North and South America, directing ashrams, and conducting yoga programmes.
- Appointed President of Bihar School of Yoga in 1983.
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- Guided the development of Bihar School of Yoga, Sivananda Math Yoga Research Foundation.
- Initiated into the paramahamsa tradition at the age of thirty.
- Authored many classical books on Yoga, Tantra and the Upanishads.
- Conducted intensive yoga and sannyasa courses to spread the seeds of yoga in all directions.
- Organised a World Yoga Convention in 1993 in honour of his Guru’s 50 years of dedication to sannyasa and the upliftment of humanity.
- Appointed preceptor in succession to Paramahamsa Satyananda by the leading luminaries of the sannyasa tradition during the World Yoga Convention in 1993.
- Founded Bihar Yoga Bharti (Deemed University) at Munger in 1994.
- At present divides his time between overseas visits, Indian tours and headquarters at Rikhia & Munger, guiding National and International Yoga Programmes.
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