Foremost authority and inspirer of the modern yogic and tantric renaissance.

Born in the foothills of the Himalayas in 1923.

Left his home at the age of nineteen in search of spiritual truth.

Joined his guru, Swami Sivananda Saraswati of Rishikesh, and adopted the sannyasa way of life in 1943.

Served his Guru for twelve years, broadening his own understanding of the spiritual sciences.

Founded the International Yoga Fellowship Movement at Rajnandgaon in 1956.

Founded the Bihar School of Yoga at Munger in 1963.

Conducted numerous programmes for training sannyasins and householders alike in the techniques of yoga; and toured internationally, propagating yoga among people of all countries, races and religions.

Spiritual guide to thousands of aspirants and the guiding force behind the yoga training provide at hundreds of Satyananda Ashrams and Yoga Mitra Mandals in India and abroad.

Authored over eighty books on yoga and spirituality.

Founded Sivananda Math, a social, charitable institution at Munger in 1984.

Founded the Yoga Research Foundation, a medical and scientific research oriented institution, at Munger in 1984.

Renounced all that he had created in 1988, and now leads the life of a Paramahamsa sannyasin, not working for his flock and mission alone, but having a universal vision.

He attained Maha Samadhi on the 5th of December, 2009 in Rikhiapeeph.