Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja

Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja
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]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.yoga-samkhya.pt/en/the-master
  2. ↑ "You Can India". You Can India. 25 January 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Yoga Federation". Yoga Federation. 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "DNA India". DNA India. 6 December 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yoga Samkhya". Yoga Samkhya. 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Ujjain Yoga Life Society". Ujjain Yoga Life Society. 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jagatguru Swami Amrut Suryananda Ji Maharaja in IYS-2012". YouTube video. Pundit Radheshyam Mishra. 30 October 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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