Mahavatar Babaji is the name given to an Indian yogi and holy man by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples who met Mahavatar Babaji between 1861 and 1935..... More

Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 - September 26, 1895), was an Indian yogi and a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. He revived the yogic science of Kriya Yoga when he learned it from Mahavatar Babaji in 1861..... More

Sri Yukteswar Giri (May 10, 1855-March 9, 1936) is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar, the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda. Sri Yukteswar was a Jyotisha, a yogi, and an exponent of the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya..... More

Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga to the West. His book, Autobiography of a Yogi, has introduced several generations of readers to the teachings of yoga and Hinduism..... More

Paramahamsa Hariharananda was born on May 27th, 1907 in Habibpur, West Bengal, India. He spent his life studying, teaching, and fulfilling his mission to share the philosophy and technique of Kriya Yoga with the people of the world until his death on December 3, 2002 at the age of 95. Born as Rabindranath Bhattacharya and known affectionately as "Baba" (father) to his spiritual children, followers say he showed an extraordinary spiritual destiny from his most tender years..... More

Dr. Raghabananda Nayak, born on 1938 in Fatepur village of district Bhadrak, Orissa, India.  He is a renowned modern poet, a prolific writer in Oriya and an Educationist and a true spiritualist in particular.  He completed his Master’s Degree in Oriya from Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan of the Great poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.  Later he got his D. Litt. From Utkal University, Orissa.  Some twenty and odd scholars have completed their Ph.D. under his direct supervision and guidance.  He had been appointed first as an Adhyapak in Visva Bharati University in 1960.  For a good period of time he had been Heading the Dept. of Oriya, Gangadhar Meher College, one of the Autonomous College of Orissa and from there he retired in 1996..... More