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|disciples = [[Shantananda Saraswati]], [[Krishnananda Saraswati]], [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]], [[Satchidananda Saraswati]], [[Vishnudevananda Saraswati]], [[Sivananda Radha Saraswati]], [[Swami Satyananda Saraswati]], Jyotirmayananda Saraswati, [[Swami Sahajananda]], [[Swami Chidananda]], [[Venkatesananda Saraswati]]
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[[Swami]] '''Sivananda Saraswati''' (or '''Swami Sivananda'''; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration{{IAST3|IAST]]: Svāmī Śivānanda Sarasvatī}}; 8 September 1887 – 14 July<!-- That's right, the prize was given to another person of the same name! --> 1963<ref name="Ananthanarayan 1965"/>), also called '''Swami Sivananda''', was a [[Modern yoga gurus|yoga guru]],<ref name="IYA 2017">{{cite web |last=Chetan |first=Mahesh |title=10 Most Inspiring Yoga Gurus of India |url=https://www.indianyogaassociation.com/blog/yoga-gurus-in-india.html |publisher=Indian Yoga Association |access-date=16 August 2021 |date=5 March 2017}}</ref> a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] spiritual teacher, and a proponent of ''[[Vedanta]]''. Sivananda was born in [[Pattamadai]], in the [[Tirunelveli]] district of modern [[Tamil Nadu]], and was named '''Kuppuswami'''. He studied medicine and served in [[British Malaya]] as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism.
 
He was the founder of the [[Divine Life Society]] (DLS) in 1936, [[Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy]] (1948) and author of over 200 books on [[yoga]], ''Vedanta'', and a variety of subjects. He established Sivananda Ashram, the headquarters of the DLS, on the bank of the [[Ganges]] at [[Muni Ki Reti]], {{convert|3|km|mi}} from [[Rishikesh]], and lived most of his life there.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166607/Divine-Life-Society Divine Life Society] [[Britannica.com]]</ref><ref name="McKean 1996">{{cite book |last=McKean |first=Lise |title=Divine enterprise: gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |publication-place=Chicago |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-226-56009-0 |oclc=32859823 |pages=164–165}}</ref><ref name="Morris 2006">{{cite book |last=Morris |first=Brian |title=Religion and anthropology: a critical introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press |publication-place=Cambridge |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-521-85241-8 |oclc=252536951 |page=144}}</ref>
 
[[Sivananda Yoga]], the yoga form propagated by his disciple [[Vishnudevananda]], is now spread in many parts of the world through [[Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres]]. These centres are not affiliated with Sivananda's [[ashram]]s, which are run by the Divine Life Society.
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* [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]], founder of the [[Chinmaya Mission]]
* Jyotirmayananda Saraswati, founder of Yoga Research Foundation, Miami, Florida, USA<ref>{{Cite web |title=His Holiness Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda Saraswati Maharaj – The Divine Life Society |url=https://www.dlshq.org/saints/his-holiness-sri-swami-jyotirmayananda-saraswati-maharaj/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Karunananda Saraswati, founder of The Valley of Peace yoga ashram in the Moonbi Ranges north of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
* [[Sahajananda Saraswati]], Spiritual Head of Divine Life Society of South Africa
* [[Satchidananda Saraswati]], founder of the [[Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)|Integral Yoga Institutes]], around the world<ref name="nyt-2002">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Swami Satchidananda, Woodstock's Guru, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/21/world/swami-satchidananda-woodstock-s-guru-dies-at-87.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 August 2002}}</ref>
* [[Satyananda Saraswati]], founder of [[Bihar School of Yoga]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Melton | first=J. Gordon | title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA1483 | year=2010| volume=4 | chapter=International Yoga Fellowship Movement | edition=2nd | publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] | editor1-last=Melton | editor2-last=Baumann | editor1-first=J. Gordon | editor2-first=Martin | isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |page=1483}}</ref>
* [[Shantananda Saraswati]]<!-- not Shantananda Saraswati (1913–1997) -->, founder of Temple of Fine Arts (Malaysia & Singapore)
* [[Sivananda Radha Saraswati]], founder of Yasodhara Ashram, British Columbia, Canada
* [[Venkatesananda Saraswati]], inspirer of Ananda Kutir Ashrama in South Africa and Sivananda Ashram in Fremantle, Australia
* [[Vishnudevananda Saraswati]], founder of the [[Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres]], HQ Canada<ref>{{cite book |last=Krishna |first=Gopala |title=The Yogi: Portraits of Swami Vishnu-devananda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8_s5a7rwv0C |year=1995 |publisher=Yes International Publishers |isbn=978-0-936663-12-8 |pages=15–17}}</ref>
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== Works ==
 
Sivananda wrote 296 books on subjects including [[metaphysics]], [[yoga]], [[vedanta]], religion, [[western philosophy]], [[psychology]], [[eschatology]], [[fine arts]], [[ethics]], education, health, [[sayings]], poems, [[epistles]], autobiography, biography, stories, dramas, messages, lectures, [[dialogues]], essays and anthology. His books emphasised the practical application of Yoga philosophy over theoretical knowledge.<ref>{{cite web |title=au:Sivananda Saraswati |url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ASivananda+Saraswati&qt=advanced&dblist=638 |publisher=WorldCat |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
 
==References==