Paramahaṃsa Yogānanda
1893–1952 · Gorakhpur to Los Angeles · Kriyā Yoga
Mukunda Lāl Ghoṣ, born in Gorakhpur, became a disciple of Śrī Yukteśvar Giri in the Kriyā Yoga lineage of Lāhiṛī Mahāśaya and took the name Yogānanda. He founded Yogoda Satsanga Society of India in 1917 and, after sailing to America in 1920, the Self-Realization Fellowship.
He taught meditation and Kriyā Yoga to thousands in the West for more than thirty years. His Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), with its stories of the saints he met, introduced countless readers around the world to India’s spiritual tradition.
1893–1952 · Kriyā Yoga · Autobiography of a Yogi