Sri Yukteshwar Giri (10 May 1855 - 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar , the guru

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 of Swami Satyananda Giri

Swami Satyananda Giri

Swami Satyananda Giri was an Indian monk and Sri Yukteswar Giri’s chief monastic disciple in India.-Early years:...

 and Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda

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. Sri Yukteshwar was an educator, astronomer, a Jyotisha

Jyotisha

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 (Vedic astrologer), a yogi

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, and a believer in the Bhagavad Gita

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 and the Bible

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. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya

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 of Varanasi

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 and a member of the Giri branch of the swami

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 order. Yogananda styled Sri Yukteswar Jnanavatar, or "Incarnation of Wisdom".
Sri Yukteswar was born Priyanath Karar in Serampore

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, India

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 to Kshetranath Karar and Kadambini.