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Bhagawan
Nityananda (d. 1961) is renowned in western and southern India as
one of the great modern saints. Also known as Bade Baba (elder Baba),
he was the Guru of Swami
Muktananda, who often said Bhagawan was a janma Siddha,
a born Siddha or perfected yogi.
In his early years, Bhagawan Nityananda lived in seclusion in remote
areas of Southern India. In later years he came to settle in the
village of Ganeshpuri, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was
there that he bestowed shaktipat
on Swami Muktananda, who was later called Baba. Several years before
he passed away, Bhagawan Nityananda instructed Baba to build an
ashram a few miles from his own residence. This ashram is now known as Gurudev
Siddha Peeth.
Gurumayi
Chidvilasananda, the current head of this lineage of Siddha Yoga
masters, continues to honor Bhagawan Nityananda as the contemporary
source of the Siddha Yoga lineage. The temples to Bhagawan Nityananda
-- in Shree Muktananda
Ashram in upstate New York, and in Gurudev Siddha Peeth in Ganeshpuri,
India -- scintillate with great spiritual energy.
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