Brahmananda Saraswati
Male, Deceased Person
1870 – 1953
Who was Brahmananda Saraswati?
Swāmī Brahmānanda Saraswatī was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India. Born into a Brahmin family he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master. At age fourteen he became a disciple of Swami Krishnānanda Saraswati. At the age of 34 he was initiated into the order of "Sanyas" and became the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math in 1941 at age 70. His disciples included Swami Shantānand Saraswati, Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Swāmī Swarūpānanda Saraswatī and Swami Karpatri. Five months before his death in 1953, he made a will naming his disciple, Swami Shantānand Saraswati as his successor.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1870
Ayodhya - Nationality
- India
- Lived in
- Faizabad
- Died
- May 20, 1953
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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