Swami Sri Yukteswar
Sri Yukteswar Giri (also spelled Sriyukteswar Giri and Sriyukteshvar Giri) (10 May 1855 - 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar, the guru of Swami Satyananda Giri and Paramahansa Yogananda. Sri Yukteswar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha (Vedic astrologer), a yogi, and a believer in the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi and a member of the Giri branch of the swami order. Yogananda styled Sri Yukteswar Jnanavatar, or "Incarnation of Wisdom". (Wikipedia)
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