Sri Swami SriYukteshwar Giri

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri was born in 1855 in the humid river air of Serampore. Back then he was simply Priya Nath Karar: a businessman, a householder, a man with ledgers, responsibilities, and the ordinary gravity of family life. Somewhere between account books and evening prayers, destiny pulled up a chair. He met Lahiri Mahasaya, and the world tilted. He became Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri: yogi, scholar, disciplinarian of the soul, a man whose gaze cut through illusion. Among those who sat before him was a young seeker named Paramahansa Yogananda, who would carry yoga across oceans and reshape the spiritual landscape of the twentieth century.

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri was born in 1855 in the humid river air of Serampore. Back then he was simply Priya Nath Karar: a businessman, a householder, a man with ledgers, responsibilities, and the ordinary gravity of family life. Somewhere between account books and evening prayers, destiny pulled up a chair. He met Lahiri Mahasaya, and the world tilted. He became Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri: yogi, scholar, disciplinarian of the soul, a man whose gaze cut through illusion. Among those who sat before him was a young seeker named Paramahansa Yogananda, who would carry yoga across oceans and reshape the spiritual landscape of the twentieth century. more