Swami Yogananda Giri

Swami Yogananda Giri

Swami Yogananda Giri is the leadingFact|date=December 2007 Hindu religious figure in Italy. 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. 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.

ee also

*Hinduism in Italy
*Swami Roberto

External links

* [http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1997/9/1997-9-18.shtml Italy's Hindu Controversy] Hinduism Today - September 1997
* [http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2000/11-12/2000-11-12.shtml How to Become a Hindu] Hinduism Today - November 2000
* [http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1999/6/1999-6-16.shtml Hinduism] Hinduism Today - June 1999


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