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INTRODUCTION : Hariharananda Giri (1907–2002), was a great spiritual master and saint who taught yoga, meditation and spirituality to the people in India and also to the people of foreign countries. His birth name was Rabindranath Bhattacharya, and born in Nadia district, West Bengal. He served as the chief of the Kriya Yoga Institute, United States.  He was a direct disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri. LIFEHariharananda Giri, also called as baba, due to his spiritual powers, was a master in Kriya Yoga, and a great devotee of Sri Mahavatar Babaji. He contains great yogic powers simil..

INTRODUCTIONDaskanu is an ardent devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and lived during the period of Sai Baba. He was the main person towards delivering the teachings of sai baba to the general public. His sincere service to sai baba cannot be forgotten by the devotees of sai baba. Those who read the life history of Shirdi baba would have studied the details of Daskanu also. Among saibaba’s disciples, daskanu has occupied a prominent role in serving sai as well as spreading his messages throughout the shirdi.He was the main person for making 'Baba' a familiar name in Maharashtra. His full name was G..

INTRODUCTION : Chattampi Swamikal (1853-1924) was a Hindu sage, philosopher and a social reformer. He was against caste discrimination. He fought for the welfare of the poor, and also given help to the poor and widowed women and provided food, clothes and shelter to the poor and the homeless people. He was interested in yoga and meditation, and taught it to the common people.He along with his friend and a great spiritual person, Sri Narayana Guru, tried to improve the living standard of the people in kerala. He also worked for the welfare of women and given sufficient financial aid for co..

INTRODUCTION : Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (1868–1953) was the Pontiff of the Jyotir Math  in India. His birth name was Rajaram. He was born into a Brahmin family, and he left home at his younger age towards interest in spirituality. After some time, he became a disciple of Swami Krishnananda Saraswati. He has become a holy saint and the Chief of the Jyotir Math in 1941. He was called as Maha Yogi Raj and as Guru Dev by his disciples and devotees.Some of his disciples were 1. Swami Shantanand Saraswati.  2. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.3. Svami Swarupananda Sarasvati. 4...

INTRODUCTION:Appanacharya was a direct disciple of Guru Raghavendra Swamigal and he was born in Bichali village in the Raichur district of Karnataka. Bichali is situated on the banks of Tungabhadra. Bichali is also known as Bhikshalaya. He studied vedas and other devotional scriptures at his younger age itself, and had got the opportunity of serving the Great Madhwa Saint Sree Raghavendra Swamigal. He also helped his guru towards performing moola rama puja and also helped in other daily related devotional activities. He had written stotras on Raghavendra Swamigal.  It is also known as Sri..

INTRODUCTION : Kotpuli Nayanar, was a great Nayanar saint, who was well known for his sincere shiva bhakti and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. LIFE :Kotpuli Nayanar was born in Nattiyattankuti, in Thanjavur district  of Tamil Nadu. He belongs to vellalar caste. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and he served as Army Chief of the Chola king. He used to donate several bags of rice to Shiva temples, for preparing Naivedyam (food offering) to the god and also provided food to shiva devotees at his home. He rendered this noble act for a long period...

INTRODUCTION :Kungiliya Nayanar or Kalayan is a Nayanar saint, and considered as a great devotee of Lord Shiva. He is considered as one among the 63 nayanmars. LIFE : Kalaya was born in Thirukkadaiyur,Tamil Nadu. And he was an ardent devotee of Lord Amritaghateswarar and Annai Abhirami. Kalaya worked as a temple priest and he served Lord Shiva by offering incense stick called Kungiliya (A kind of agarbathi used for shiva puja), and from then onwards he was known as Kungliya Nayanar. Due to his divine service, in course of time, his wealth was diminished. Even af..

NTRODUCTION :Machamuni Siddhar is an ancient siddhar and is famous for his popular works. He was born with the blessings of Lord Shiva and contains great bhakti and fully devoted on Lord Shiva. He was brought up by Sri Pinnakeesar and learned various subjects from him. He took the guidance of the great sage Kakapujandar, and attained yogic powers through him. Similar to other siddhas, he awakened his kundalini energy in order to understand the inner self and to attain great powers. After several years of meditation, he got great spiritual energy and rendered his works in the field of ..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Vedanta Desikan (1268–1369) was a great Vaishnava saint and philosopher who cultivated the Vishnu bhakti among the people, by performing various miracles and conducting spiritual teachings. He was the disciple of Sri Kidambi Appullar. Swami Vedanta Desika is considered as the incarnation of the divine bell of Lord Venkateswara. He had done various Pujas for Lord Vishnu with pure devotion at his younger age itself, and got great spiritual powers. LIFE :Desika was born in the year 1268 AD, with the birth name as ‘Venkatanatha’. At his younger age ..

INTRODUCTION : Sivavakkiyar is one among 18 Siddhas and considered as a person who was against caste discrimination. He belonged to the family of gold smiths, and his parents were sincerely devoted to Lord Shiva. It is believed that he lived thousand years ago. Sivavakkiyar Siddhar was born by reciting Lord Shiva’s holy name. Hence he was called by the name Sivavakkiyar. His parents were insisted him to become a great siddha, and hence he met the siddhas to learn various subjects from them. He was an expert in Siddha medicine, Yoga and meditation. Since Sivavakkiyar Siddhar was a great poet..