Swami Chidananda Saraswati
===================================== ======================================= Thursday, December 30, 2021. 6:00.AM. Swami Chidananda Saraswati ======================================= Chidananda Saraswati 2016 stamp of India. Personal Born Sridhar Rao, 24 September 1916, Mangalore Died 28 August 2008 (aged 91), Religion Hinduism Philosophy Yoga of Synthesis, Religious career Guru Sivananda Saraswati -------------------------------------------------------- Introduction : Chidananda Saraswati (24 September 1916 – 28 August 2008) was President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India. He is well known in India as a yogi, dnyani and spiritual leader. He succeeded as President of the Divine Life Society in 1963, after the death of his predecessor, Sivananda Saraswati, who founded the Society. Chidananda's birth name was Sridhar Rao. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola College, Chennai. He took to a life of renunciation in 1936, and joined the Sivananda Ashr