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Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (also written Sriyuktesvara, Sri Yukteshwar) (Devanagari: श्रीयुक्तेश्वर गिरि) (10 May 1855 – 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar (also spelled as Priya Nath Karada[1] and Preonath Karar[2]), an Indian monk and yogi, and the guru of Paramahansa ...
Swami Sri Yukteswarji is the Guru of Paramhansa Yogananda and a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya. He is revered as Jnanavatar, or incarnation of wisdom.
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Kriya yogi, Educator, Author, Astronomer and Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.
It was in 1910, at the age of seventeen, that he met and became a disciple of the revered Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. In the hermitage of this great master of yoga he spent the better part of the next ten years, receiving Sri Yukteswar’s strict but loving spiritual discipline.
Mar 4, 2023 · Who Is Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri: Life And Background Early Life And Education Born on May 10, 1855, in the vibrant city of Serampore, India, Sri Yukteswar was the son of Kshetranath and Kadambini Kara, a wealthy couple who instilled in him a love for knowledge and Hindu philosophy.
Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri. A worthy disciple of Lahiri Mahashaya, Priyanath Karar, constantly absorbed in God consciousness, deep in the shambhavi state, and introverted, was none other than the world renowned Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri.
The spiritual lineage of SRF/YSS consists of these two great avatars and a line of exalted masters of contemporary times: Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar, and Paramahansa Yogananda (last in the line of SRF/YSS Gurus).
Sri Yukteswar — Jnanavatar (incarnation of wisdom) Swami Sri Yukteswar was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya and attained the spiritual stature of a Jnanavatar, or incarnation of wisdom. It was to Sri Yukteswar that Paramahansa Yogananda came as a youth.
“Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. My chief hermitage is in Serampore, on Rai Ghat Lane. I am visiting my mother here for only a few days.” I wondered at God’s intricate play with His devotees. Serampore is but twelve miles from Calcutta, yet in those regions I had never caught a glimpse of my guru.
Swami Sri Yukteswar ji was the Guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. His given name was Priya Nath Karar. Upon leaving college, he married and had a daughter, and in 1884 he became a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya.
