Can you identify these 20 Swamijis, Babas and Anandas?(Post No.12,050)

WRITTEN BY LONDON SWAMINATHAN

Post No. 12,050

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1.Where is Saint Tukaram’s Samadhi?

2.Whose Samadhi is in Shirdi?

3.Who is the Swamiji who took Ramakrishna Paramahmasa’s message to the Western world?

4.Who was called The Flying Swami?

5.Who started Divine Life Society?

6.Who was Brahmananda?

7. who spread TM known as Transcendental Meditation?

8. Who is the author of ‘An Autobiography of a Yogi’?

9.Where is Sathya Sai Baba’s Samadhi?

10. Who is the current head of Chinmaya Mission?

11.Who was the previous head of Chinmaya Mission?

12.What was the name of Chinmayananda before he took Sanyas?

13.Who wrote the popular book ‘Oh, Mind! Relax Please’?

14. who established Skandashram in Tamil Nadu?

15. Who established Swami Chidbhavananda Ashramam in Theni, Tamil Nadu?

16.Who was born in Manjakkudi village and became a famous Swamiji?

17.Who lived for 300 years among Hindu Ascetics?

18.Where is Gnanananda Thapovanam?

19.What is in ‘Who am I?’ book by Ramana Maharishi?

20.What is the original name of Sage of Kanchi, Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (1894-1994)?

 Answers:

1.Sant Tukaram Vaikunthstan Temple, Dehu – from where Tukaramji ascended to Vaikuntha (Abode of God) in his mortal form; there is a beautiful ghat behind this temple along the Indrayani river.

2.Sri Sai Baba

3.Swami Vivekananda

4.Swami Vishnu Devananda, who flew to trouble spots in the world to spread peace.

5.Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh

6.Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s disciple. His pre monastic name was Rakhal Chandra Ghosh.

7. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

8.Paramahamsa Yogananda

9. Puttaparthi village in Andhra Pradesh

10.Swami Swaroopananda

11.Swami Tejomayananda

12.Balakrishna Menon

13. Swami Sukhabodananda

14.Swami Santhananda of Pudukkottai

15.Swami Omkarananda

16.Swami Dayananda

17.Swami Trailinga Swami of Kasi

18.Thirukkovilur in Tamil Nadu

19. Who am I? is the title given to a set of questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry. The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by Sri M. Sivaprakasam Pillai, about the year 1902.

20.Swaminathan

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