Picture Album of Paramhansa Yogananda Bengali: Pôromohôngsho Joganondo Sanskrit: Paramahamsa Yog?namda Born Mukunda Lal Ghosh Bengali: Mukundo Lal Ghosh (January 5, 1893 to March 7, 1952) (All these images are of Public Domain Photos) Paramhansa Yogananda's Father Bhagabati Charan Ghosh A Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya Paramhansa Yogananda's venerable father, seated in the tranquil lotus posture, Calcutta, 1936 Paramhansa Yogananda's Mother A Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya Map of India During Paramhansa Yogananda's Life Sri Yukteswar, Paramhansa Yogananda's Master Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya Sri Yukteswar and Paramhansa Yogananda in Calcutta, 1935. He is carrying the gift umbrella-cane Paramhansa Yogananda's Guru's Seaside Hermitage at Puri A steady stream of visitors poured from the world into the hermitage's tranquillity. A number of learned men came with the expectation of meeting an orthodox religionist. A supercilious smile or a glance of amused tolerance occasionally betreayed that the newcomers anticipated nothing more than a few pious platitudes. Yet their reluctant departure would bring an expressed conviction that Sri Yukteswar had shown precise insight into their specialized fields of knowledge. Paramhansa Yogananda's guru always had young resident disciples in his hermitage. He directed their minds and lives with that careful discipline in which the word "disciple" is etymologically rooted. Second-floor dining patio of Sri Yukteswar's Serampore hermitage. Paramhansa Yogananda is seated (center) at his guru's feet. Paramhansa Yogananda at Age six Paramhansa Yogananda stands with his two sisters, Roma (at left) and Nalini Paramhansa Yogananda's sister Uma, as a young girl Paramhansa Yogananda stands behind his elder brother, Ananta Kashi, lost and rediscovered Paramhansa Yogananda's brother Bishnu; Motilal Mukherji of Serampore, a highly advanced disciple of Sri Yukteswar; Paramhansa Yogananda's father; Mr. Wright; Paramhansa Yogananda; Tulsi Narayan Bose; Swami Satyananda of Ranchi (Left to right) Jitendra Mazumdar, Paramhansa Yogananda's companion on the "penniless test" at Brindaban; Lalit-da, Paramhansa Yogananda's cousin; Swami Kebelananda ("Shastri Mahasaya"), Paramhansa Yogananda's saintly Sanskrit tutor; Paramhansa Yogananda, as a high school youth Luther Burbank, beloved friend, poses with Paramhansa Yogananda in his Santa Rosa garden. Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth, Bavaria Famous Catholic Stigmatist who inspired my 1935 pilgrimage to Konnersreuth, Bavaria Mr. Wright, Paramhansa Yogananda, Miss Bletch in Egypt Swami Pranabananda "The Saint With Two Bodies" An Exalted Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya Last Solstice Festival celebrated by Sri Yukteswar, December, 1935. Paramhansa Yogananda's Guru is seated in the center; Paramhansa Yogananda is at his right, in the large courtyard of his hermitage in Serampore. Bhaduri Mahasaya ( Nagendra Nath Bhaduri) "The Levitating Saint" Master Mahasaya, the Blissful Devotee Ever engrossed in his blissful cosmic romance. Lahiri Mahasaya Disciple of Babaji and Guru of Sri Yukteswar Ananda Moyi Ma the Bengali "Joy-Permeated Mother." One of the caves occupied by Babaji in the Drongiri Mountains near Ranikhet in the Himalayas. A grandson of Lahiri Mahasaya, Ananda Mohan Lahiri (second from right, in white), and three other devotees are visiting the sacred spot. Krishnananda, at the 1936 Allahabad Kumbha Mela, with his tame vegetarian lioness. Jagadis Chandra Bose India's great physicist, botanist, and inventor of the Crescograph Two Brothers of Therese Neumann Paramhansa Yogananda stands with them in Konnersreuth, Bavaria. Rabindranath Tagore, inspired poet of Bengal, and Nobel Prizeman in literature The Lord in His Aspect as Shiva by B. K. Mitra in "Kalyana-Kalpatur" Not a historical personage like Krishna, Shiva is the name given to God in the last aspect of His threefold nature (Creator-Preserver-Destroyer). Shiva, the Annihilator of maya or delusion, is symbolically represented in the scriptures as the Lord of Renunciates, the King of Yogis. In Hindu art He is always shown with the new moon in His hair, and wearing a garland of hooded snakes, ancient emblem of evil overcome and perfect wisdom. The "single" eye of omniscience is open on His forehead. Krishna, Ancient Prophet of India by B. K. Mitra in "Kalyana-Kalpatur" A modern artist's conception of the divine teacher whose spiritual counsel in the Bhagavad Gita has become the Hindu Bible. Krishna is portrayed in Hindu art with a peacock feather in his hair (symbol of the Lord's lila, play or creative sport), and carrying a flute, whose enrapturing notes awaken the devotees, one by one, from their sleep of maya or cosmic delusion. A Guru and Disciple by B. K. Mitra in "Kalyana-Kalpatur" Forest hermitages were the ancient seats of learning, secular and divine, for the youth of India. Here a venerable guru, leaning on a wooden meditation elbow-prop, is initiating his disciple into the august mysteries of Spirit. Mahatma Gandhi Paramhansa Yogananda is enjoying a quiet lunch with India's political saint at his hermitage in Wardha, August, 1935. Giri Bala This great woman yogi has not taken food or drink since 1880. Paramhansa Yogananda is pictured with her, in 1936, at her home in the isolated Bengal village of Biur. Her non-eating state has been rigorously investigated by the Maharaja of Burdwan. She employs a certain yoga technique to recharge her body with cosmic energy from the ether, sun, and air. Babaji, The Mahavatar Guru of Lahiri Mahasaya Paramhansa Yogananda has helped the artist to draw a true likeness of the great Yogi-Christ of modern India A group of delegates to the 1920 International Congress of Religious Liberals at Boston, where Paramhansa Yogananda gave his maiden speech in America. (Left to right) Rev. Clay MacCauley, Rev. T. Rhondda Williams, Prof. S. Ushigasaki, Rev. Jabez T. Sunderland, Paramhansa Yogananda, Rev. Chas. W. Wendte, Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, Rev. Basil Martin, Rev. Christopher J. Street, Rev. Samuel M. Crothers. Paramhansa Yogananda's companions and Paramhansa Yogananda pose before the "dream in marble," the Taj Mahal at Agra. The woman yogi, Shankari Mai Jiew, only living disciple of the great Trailanga Swami. The turbaned figure seated directly beside her is Swami Benoyananda, a director of our Ranchi yoga school for boys in Bihar. The picture was taken at the Hardwar Kumbha Mela in 1938; the woman saint was then 112 years old. Main building at the Mount Washington Estates in Los Angeles, established in 1925 as American headquarters for the Self- Realization Fellowship. Self-Realization Church of All Religions, Hollywood, California. Self-Realization Church of All Religions, San Diego, California Yogoda Math, beautiful hermitage of Self-Realization Fellowship at Dakshineswar on the Ganges. Founded in 1938 as a yoga retreat for students of East and West. Central building of the Yogoda Sat-Sanga Brahmacharya Vidyalaya at Ranchi, Bihar, established in 1918 as a yoga school for boys, with grammar and high school education. Connected with it is the philanthropic Lahiri Mahasaya Mission. Paramhansa Yogananda stands on the dais before one of my classes in America. This class of a thousand yoga students was held in Washington, D.C. Mr. Wright and Paramhansa Yogananda pose with the venerable Swami Keshabananda and a disciple at the stately hermitage in Brindaban. A group of Ranchi students and teachers pose with the venerable Maharaja of Kasimbazar (at center, in white). In 1918 he gave his Kasimbazar Palace and twenty-five acres in Ranchi as a permanent site for my yoga school for boys. Encinitas, California, overlooking the Pacific. Main building and part of the grounds of the Self-Realization Fellowship. Speakers at a 1945 Interracial Meeting in San Francisco during the convening of the Peace Conference. (Left to right) Dr. Maneck Anklesaria, John Cohee, Paramhansa Yogananda, Hugh E. MacBeth, Vince M. The Self-Realization Church of All Religions in Washington, D.C., whose leader, Swami Premananda, is here pictured with Paramhansa Yogananda.