Sri Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy

Who was Sri Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy?

Sri Vidya Prakasananda Giri Swamy, born Ananda Mohan, was a revered Hindu guru and predominantly prominent among Telugu speaking community across the world for his teachings and works about Vedanta in Telugu language. He was born to Sri Tunuguntla Ramaswami and Smt Suseela Devi in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He is the founder of Sri Sukabrahma Ashram, and he was the prime most devotee of Sadguru Malayalaswami who was the founder of Sri Vyasashram. Sri VidyaPrakasananda is the author of several literary works on Vedanta,the paramount being Gita Makaranda written primarily in Telugu which later got translated to many other Indian languages due to the colossal demand. The book is considered to be the ultimate supplement to Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, wherein each verse of the Bhagavad Gita has been elucidated and translated in a simple and comprehensible manner. Among other works, Yoga Vasishta spiritual text translation from Sanskrit to Telugu is another masterpiece effort by Sri VidyaPrakasananda. His impressive oratory skills is a god given gift to him, Swamiji is known for his spiritual discourses across India, wherein his speeches were extremely lucid, extol and reconcile all religions and Yogas. He conducted close to 108 Gita Yagnas in his lifetime which has given an unmatched and widest publicity to Srimad Bhagavad Gita and extensively spread the spiritual education that aroused unprecedented spiritual awakening. A distinct feature in his discourses are his short stories which blends humour and paradox on human's outlook of life. The main characteristic of his stories is the lucidity in style that makes the essence of the story understandable, even to a common man.