Yukteswar Giri
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1855 – 1936
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Who was Yukteswar Giri?
Yukteswar Giri is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar, the guru of Satyananda Giri and Paramahansa Yogananda. Yukteswar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha, a yogi, and a scholar of the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi and a member of the Giri branch of the swami order. Yogananda considered Yukteswar as Jnanavatar, or "Incarnation of Wisdom".
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- Born
- May 10, 1855
Serampore - Also known as
- Yukteswar
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Died
- Mar 9, 1936
Puri
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on July 23, 2013
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