Nithyananda island location map
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Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda
Gurudev Swami Nityananda was raised from birth in an environment of yoga and meditation. His parents were devotees of Bhagavan Nityananda and Baba Muktananda. He was trained from childhood by Baba, and in 1981, Baba declared that Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage.
Gurudev learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru’s work and subsequently established four ashrams. In 1995, at the age of 32, at a traditional ceremony in India, the saints installed him as a Mahamandaleshwar in recognition of his spiritual attainments.
His ashrams also support a number of community projects and charitable activities around the world. He travels between the ashrams each year, sharing the spiritual practices and teachings in which he has been initiated. His humility, devotion, patience, and acceptance are palpable, his ability to speak English and his k
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Bhagawan Nityananda
Bhagawan and saint
For other uses, see Nityananda (disambiguation).
Bhagawan Nityananda (November/December, 1897[1] – 8 August 1961) was an Indian guru. His teachings are published in the "Chidakash Gita". Nityananda was born in Koyilandy (Pandalayini), Madras Presidency, British India (now in Kozhikode district, Kerala).
Biography
Childhood
Details about Bhagawan Nityananda's birth are relatively unknown. According to his disciples, Nityananda was found as an abandoned infant in Tuneri village, Koyilandy, Madras Presidency, British India by a lady named Uniamma Nair, who was married to Chathu Nair. The Nair couple adopted this child and took care of him along with their own five children. Nityananda was named as Raman by his foster parents. The Nair couple were farmers, who also took care of the farms owned by a wealthy lawyer named Ishwar Iyer, who greatly trusted them.[2] Nityananda's foster father died when he was three and his foster mother when he was six. Before dying she handed over her responsibili
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Nityananda
Presented by the movement center and Swami Chetanananda
The stories included here are excerpted from Nityananda: In Divine Presence, by Swami Chetanananda and Captain M.U. Hatengdi, published by Rudra Press. The book is a collection of stories gathered from devotees of Nityananda or their families. They demonstrate some of the unusual qualities of Nityananda, as observed by those who were closest to him during his life.
As Swami Chetanananda, founder of The Movement Center, writes in the Foreword:
I had the good fortune in India to hear many stories about Nityananda--stories that reflected his simplicity, his austerity, his detachment from the world, and his pure and powerful love for those who came to him. The more I heard, the more I recognized two things. First of all, they deserved a larger audience. Secondly, these stories were the most powerful and direct way to express the essence of hisvery extraordinary presence. I decided to gather as many stories as I could, and began to travel along the route that Nityananda followed--from Ca
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