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IDY Influencers
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Paramahamsa Madhavdas

Born in Bengal, Paramahamsa Madhavdas Maharaj (1798 - 1921) first worked as a clerk in the judicial department before becoming a Sadhu (monk)..

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Ramakrishna Paramahansa

Ramakrishna Paramahansa, (1836–1886), born as Gadadhar Chattopadhyay was one of the most prominent religious figures of India during the nineteenth century.

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Shri Yukteshwara Giri

Swami Sri Yukteswar ji was the Guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. His given name was Priya Nath Karar. Upon leaving college, he married and had a daughter before dedicating himself to spiritual pursuits.

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Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda, original name Narendranath Datta, was born January 12, 1863, in Calcutta. He died on July 4, 1902, and was one of the key figures in introducing Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.

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Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo was a Yogi, philosopher, poet, and freedom fighter. He found a wide gulf between the ordinary mind and the Super mind, and he strived for human spiritual evolution.

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The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)

Known as The Mother, she was a spiritual guru, occultist, and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be an essential figure in his spiritual work.

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Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa

Swami Nigamananda Paramahansa (born Nalinikanta Chattopadhyay; 18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) was an Indian yogi, guru, and mystic well known in Eastern India for his spiritual teachings.

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Swami Kavalayananda

Swami Kuvalayananda (1883 – 1966) was a Yoga guru, researcher, and educator whose efforts are chiefly responsible for the worldwide popularity of Yoga.

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Swami Sivananda Saraswati

Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887–1963) was a renowned Yoga teacher from India who founded the Divine Life Society and authored more than 300 books on Yoga, Vedanta, and other spiritual subjects.

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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1988) is known as the father of modern yoga who significantly influenced the development of postural yoga. He refined and popularized many practices.

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Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952) was one of the most famous figures of modern times in the field of Yoga. He authored the best-selling book - "Autobiography of a Yogi."

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Indra Devi

Indra Devi, the first woman to study under a yoga master in India, became a prominent yoga teacher and made significant contributions to the practice in the West.

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Yogamaharishi Swami

The lion of Pondicherry, Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj (1907-1993) was a prominent yoga teacher from India who dedicated his life to spreading yoga worldwide.

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Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya

Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya was an eminent seer, sage, and saint of the golden era of the modern spiritual renaissance.

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Swami Kripakvananda

ami Kripakvananda was a renowned yoga master and spiritual guru, famous for his deep teachings in Kundalini Yoga.

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Acharya Tulsi

Acharya Tulsi (1914-1997) was a prominent Jain religious leader and the founder of the Anuvrata movement, promoting non-violence and self-discipline.

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Swami Satchidananda Saraswati

Born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder, Swami Satchidananda was a spiritual leader known for his interfaith teachings and contributions to yoga.

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Krishna Pattabhi Jois

K. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009) was a Yoga Guru known for developing and popularizing Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.

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Dadi Janki

Dadi Janki was a spiritual teacher and the head of the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University, spreading messages of peace and spiritual transformation.

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B.K.S Iyengar

B.K.S. Iyengar (1918-2014) was a world-renowned yoga teacher who developed the Iyengar Yoga system, focusing on precision and alignment in postures.

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918-2008) is known for developing Transcendental Meditation and promoting consciousness studies.

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Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati was born in 1923 at Almora and founded the Bihar School of Yoga, contributing immensely to yoga worldwide.

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Dhirendra Brahmachari

Dhirendra Brahmachari (1924-1994) was a Brahmin born in the north Indian state of Bihar. He was influenced by the Bhagvad Gita early on from his childhood.

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Swami Rama

Swami Rama (1925-1996) was an Indian Yoga guru and the founder of Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy. He also held the prestigious position.

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Mata Bhagwati Devi Sharma

Mataji considered everyone as part of her family. It was of prime importance to her, to arrange for their comfortable stay and spiritual guidance.

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Amrit Desai

Amrit Desai is a pioneer of yoga in the West, and one of the few remaining living yoga gurus who originally brought over the authentic teachings of yoga.

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Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi

Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi (Former Director) Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.

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Swami Veda Bharati

Swami Veda Bharati is the founder and Spiritual Guide of both the world-wide organization, Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International.

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Shankarananda (Shiva Yoga)

Swami Shankarananda Saraswati is an American born Guru in the lineage of Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. Swamiji teaches Shiva Yoga.

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Dr. H.R. Nagendra

Dr. H.R. Nagendra is the President of Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samathana (VYASA) and also the Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthan.

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Hansaji J. Yogendra

Hansaji Jayadeva Yogendra (Born 1947), director of one of the oldest yoga institutes in the world in Santacruz, Mumbai, founded by her father-in-law

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Dr. Pranav Pandya

A close and direct disciple of Pandit Shriram Sharma Achaya, Dr. Pranav Pandya is renowned worldwide as a pioneer of scientific spirituality.

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Swami Bharat Bhushan

Son of National Awarded educationist Pandit Bishambar Singh, Yog Guru Swami Bharat Bhushan has spread the humanitarian aspect of yoga across the globe.

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Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a humanitarian leader, spiritual teacher, and an ambassador of peace. His vision of a stress-free, violence-free society.

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Kamlesh D. Patel

Kamlesh Patel (born in 1956) is known to many as Daaji. His practical teachings arise from his personal experience on the path of Heartfulness.

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Jaggi Vasudev

Jagdish Vasudev (1957-present) popularly known as Sadhguru is an Indian Yoga Guru who teaches Yoga, meditation and frequently answers questions related to spiritual life.

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Swami Niranjananda Saraswati

Guided by his guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, from birth, at the age of four he came to live with him at the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger

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Baba Ramdev

Baba Ramdev is an Indian spiritual leader and a renowned yoga teacher. He is famous for popularizing yoga among Indians through the medium of television

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B.K Shivani

Shivani Verma, best known as BK Shivani, was born and brought up in Pune, Maharastra. She is a well known face in spiritual world.

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