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Our Acharya - Swami Sharanananda |
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Swami Sharanananda hails from
Puri in Orissa, India. Being inspired by Pujya Gurudev H.H. Swami
Chinmayanandji, he joined the two year brahmachari training course in
Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai, India, in the year 1986. He was trained by
H.H. Swami Tejomayanandaji. He was given Brahmachari Diksha in 1988 and
became Br. Sharana Chaitanya. He has served Chinmaya Mission centers in
Anugul, Rourkela and Calcutta. He has been the resident Acharya at
Chinmaya Mission Chicago since March 1993. On July 9, 1995 he was initiated into Sannyasa Diksha by H.H. Swami Tejomayanandaji and became Swami Sharanananda. He conducts yogasana and other scriptural classes during Chinmaya Mission family camps in America and Canada. Swamiji likes to be with children. He places great importance on value based living. |
