Disciples

Interiors of the Sivananda Samadhi temple, Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Ri
shikesh
Sivananda's two chief acting organizational disciples were Chidananda Saraswati
and Krishnananda Saraswati. Chidananda Saraswati was appointed President of the
Divine Life Society by Sivananda in 1963 and served in this capacity until his d
eath in 2008. Krishnananda Saraswati was appointed General Secretary of the Divi
ne Life Society by Sivananda in 1958 and served in this capacity until his death
in 2001.
Other prominent disciples were Venkatesananda Saraswati (South Africa, Mauritius
, Madagascar, Australia), Pranavanda Saraswati (Malaysia) and Sivananda Radha Sa
raswati (Canada). Another prominent disciple was Swami Sahajananda Saraswati (So
uth Africa), who was directed by Sivananda to establish the Divine Life Society
of South Africa.
Disciples who went on to grow new organisations
Chinmayananda Saraswati, founder of the Chinmaya Mission
Jyotirmayananda Saraswati, President of the Yoga Research Foundation, Miami,
USA
Lalitananda Saraswati, Vice-President of the Yoga Research Foundation
Omkarananda Saraswati, founder of Omkarananda Ashram, Himalayas
Satchidananda Saraswati, founder of the Integral Yoga Institutes, Around the
world
Satyananda Saraswati, founder of Bihar School of Yoga
Shantananda Saraswati, founder of Temple of Fine Arts (Malaysia & Singapore)
Sivananda Radha Saraswati, founder of Yasodhara Ashram, British Columbia, Ca
nada
Vishnudevananda Saraswati, founder of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, HQ
Canada
Venkatesananda Saraswati, inspirer of Ananda Kutir Ashrama in South Africa
Sahajananda Saraswati, Spiritual Head of Divine Life Society of South Africa
Vedula Satyananda Rao, founder of High-Tech Yoga Institute, Massachusetts, U
SA
Authorship
A prolific author, Sivananda wrote 296 books on a variety of subjects: metaphysi
cs, yoga, religion, western philosophy, psychology, eschatology, fine arts, ethi
cs, education, health, sayings, poems, epistles, autobiography, biography, stori
es, dramas, messages, lectures, dialogues, essays and anthology. His books empha
sised the practical application of Yoga philosophy over theoretical knowledge.
Death
Sivananda died (attained Maha Samadhi) on 14 July 1963 in his Kutir on the bank
of the Ganges, in Sivanandanagar.
Bibliography
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Further reading
Sivananda and the Divine Life Society: A Paradigm of the "secularism," "puri
tanism" and "cultural Dissimulation" of a Neo-Hindu Religious Society, by Robert
John Fornaro. Published by Syracuse University, 1969.
From Man to God-man: the inspiring life-story of Swami Sivananda, by N. Anan

thanarayanan. Published by Indian Publ. Trading Corp., 1970.

Swami Sivananda and the Divine Life Society: An Illustration of Revitalizati
on Movement, by Satish Chandra Gyan. Published by s.n, 1979.
Life and Works of Swami Sivananda, by Sivananda, Divine Life Society (W.A.).
Fremantle Branch. Published by Divine Life Society, Fremantle Branch, 1985. ISB
N 0-949027-04-9.
Sivananda: Biography of a Modern Sage, by Swami Venkatesananda. Published by
Divine Life Society, 1985. ISBN 0-949027-01-4. Online
References
Divine Life Society Britannica.com
Divine Life Society Divine enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movem
ent, by Lise McKean. University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 0-226-56009-0. Page
164=165.
Swami Shivananda Religion and anthropology: a critical introduction, by Bria
n Morris. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-85241-2. Page 144.
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