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Hariharananda Giri | |
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 Hariharananda Giri | |
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| Born | Rabindranath Bhattacharya (1907-05-27)27 May 1907 |
| Died | 3 December 2002(2002-12-03) (aged 95) Miami, Florida, United States |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Order | Kriya Yoga Lineage |
| Philosophy | Kriya Yoga |
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| Guru | Bijoy Krishna Chattopadhyay Yukteswar Giri Bharati Krishna Tirtha Paramahansa Yogananda Satyananda Giri |
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Hariharananda Giri (Bengali:স্বামী হরিহরানন্দ গিরী) (27 May 1907 – 3 December 2002), was an Indianyogi andguru who taught in India as well as inwestern countries. He was born asRabindranath Bhattacharya inNadia district, West Bengal. He was the head of the Kriya Yoga Institute, United States, and founder worldwideKriya Yoga Centers.[1][2] According to some sources, Hariharananda was a direct disciple ofYukteswar Giri.[1][3]
Hariharananda Giri, affectionately known as "Baba" to his students, was known as a Kriya Yogi in the lineage ofMahavatar Babaji,Lahiri Mahasaya,Yukteswar Giri, andParamahansa Yogananda.[1][3]
In 1932, Rabi went to meet the Kriya master, SriYukteshwar Giri, who initiated him into Kriya Yoga, in hisSeramporeashram, West Bengal. SriYukteshwar Giri taught himcosmic astrology, and entreated him to come and live in his Karar Ashram atPuri, inOdisha.[1][4]
In 1935, he met Paramahansa Yogananda, and received the second Kriya initiation from him. In 1938, he renounced the material life and entered his guru's ashram in Puri, starting the life of an asceticmonk as Brahmachari Rabinarayan.[1][4]
He received the third Kriya initiation fromSwami Satyananda Giri in 1941, the head of Karar Ashram and childhood friend of Paramahansa Yogananda.[3]
Hariharananda grew to prominence and eventually traveled outside of India with visits to Europe in 1974, South America and North America in 1975 and a return visit to the U.S. in 1977.[1][5][6]
Hariharananda resided at the ashram he founded atHomestead, Florida (another international headquarters is inOrissa, India),[1] for several years prior to his death in Miami in December 2002[2] and was buried at Balighai, in Orissa, that same month.[7]
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