Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja

Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015
Born	1952 Portugal[1]
Occupation	Yoga guru
Known for	Yoga
Awards	Padma Shri

Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja is a Portugal-based[2] Yoga guru, the president of the Yoga Portuguese Confederation[3][4] and the founder of Yoga Sámkhya Institute, Portugal.[5][6][7] Born in Portugal in 1952, he started learning the Indian tradition of Yoga in his twenties from Krshnánandaji of the Shivánanda Áshrama,[5] located in Rishikesh in Himalayan valley.[5] He is also known to have been influenced by Aurobindo, Vivekananda, Satyananda, Kuvalayananda and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.[5]

Amrta Suryananda is the author of two books on Yoga, Chakra Sútra – The 7 Main Chakra in Yoga and Sámkhya, Cosmo genesis and Yoga – Beyond Hydrogen.[5] He is also reported to be writing an encyclopedia on yoga, and is in the process of translating Yoga Sutra of Patanjali into Portuguese language.[5][6] The Government of India honoured him in 2015 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[8]

See also

• Patanjali

References

1. "H. H. Jagat Guru Amrta SÚRYÁNANDA MAHÁ RÁJA - Gr. international Yoga Master". Archived from the original on 16 November 2014.
2. "You Can India". You Can India. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
3. "Yoga Federation". Yoga Federation. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
4. "DNA India". DNA India. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
5. "Yoga Samkhya". Yoga Samkhya. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
6. "Ujjain Yoga Life Society". Ujjain Yoga Life Society. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
7. "Jagatguru Swami Amrut Suryananda Ji Maharaja in IYS-2012". YouTube video. Pundit Radheshyam Mishra. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
8. "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

• "Jagatguru Swami Amrut Suryananda Ji Maharaja in IYS-2012". YouTube video. Pundit Radheshyam Mishra. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
• http://www.jagatguruamrtasuryananda.org/
• जगतगुरु स्वामी अमृत सूर्य जी महाराजा