Swami Yogananda Giri

Italian hindu leader

Swami Yogananda Giri is a Hindu religious figure in Italy.[1] He was the founder of the Unione Induista Italia.

Early life

Yogananda was born in Italy and converted to Hinduism when he was a teenager[citation needed]. After immigrating to India, he learned Sanskrit and became learned in South Indian Agamas. He was initiated as a renunciate monk in 1982. In 1985, he established the Gitananda Ashram in Savona.

See also

  • Hinduism in Italy

References

  1. ^ "Try a Search – Hinduism Today". Archived from the original on 2006-11-09.
  • Italy's Hindu Controversy Hinduism Today - September 1997
  • How to Become a Hindu Hinduism Today - November 2000
  • Hinduism Hinduism Today - June 1999


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