Sri Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda turned his back on life as a stylish, well-to-do young journalist to find his deeper purpose. After a period of imprisonment for his involvement in the freedom movement and bout of grave illness, his inner quest led him to Rishikesh, where he met his guru, Swami Sivananda. Seeing his potential, Swami Sivananda sent him onward to Swami Tapovan Maharaj, with whom he spent years of deep study and intense tapas in the Himalayas. Swami went on to found the Chinmaya Mission, an organization spreading Vedic knowledge around the world.