CHIDANANDA SARASWATI

INTRODUCTION
Chidananda Saraswati, (1916–2008) was the
President of the Divine Life
Society, Rishikesh, India. He was a great saint and
spiritual personality. He was born in Mangalore
into a pious Hindu family in the year 1916. During
his young age itself, he used to study Hindu
Puranas, Bhagavatham, Ramayana and
Mahabharata and got great spiritual knowledge.
He was the successor of Swami Sivananda
Sraswati. His birth name was Sridhar Rao. After
finishing his studies, he has joined in Sivananda
Ashram under Swamy Sivananda Saraswati in
Rishikesh in the year 1943.
He has attained Sainthood in the year 1949. And
from then onwards he was called as Chidananda
Saraswati. He went to many holy places, and
cheerfully visited and worshipped the divine
deities, and he toured throughout the world, and
spread the “SHIVA BHAKTI SPIRIT” among the
masses.
After the demise of Swami Sivananda, he has
become the president of the Divine Life Society in
the year 1963.
After rendering spiritual service for many
years, he died in the year 2008.
He has written the life history of his Guru
Sivananda.
WORKS
1.An Instrument of thy Peace
2.Awake, Realise your Divinity
3.Bhaja Govindam
4.Bliss is Within you
5.Call to Liberation
6.Chidananda Hun
7.Daily Swadhyaya
8.Divine Vision
9.Gita Vision
Let us worship the great guru and be blessed.
“OM SRI CHIDANANDA SARASWATIYE
NAMAHA”
“OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
“JAI SAKTHI”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR