His Holiness, Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda ji Maharaj was born in 1896, in the village Bajitpur (Bangladesh) of undivided India. ‘BINOD’, as was called in his childhood days, was often found to be immersed in serious thoughts that culminated into deep meditation, aimed at ‘Self Emancipation’ and ‘Upliftment of Human Beings’, through spiritual development and selfless Services. As a brahmachari, he spent countless hours in meditation, spiritual trances and Seva (service to people).  More in the podcast.

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In the year 1449, a baby boy was born in the house of Hirumoni Kusumbar Bhuyan (father) and Satyasandhya Bhuyan (mother).

Later, when the baby boy had grown up, he became a social influencer and a great human.

He started leading the whole Assam, Assamese culture, and of course the spiritual mentality of its common people.

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Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi, guru and a disciple of the Kriya Yoga master Mahavatar Babaji. In 1861, he was chosen by his guru to revive the yogic science of Kriya Yoga to the public after centuries of its guarding by masters.

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Anandamayi Ma (30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) was an Indian saint, described by Swami Sivananda Saraswati as "the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced." Precognition, faith healing and miracles  were attributed to her by her followers. Paramahansa Yogananda  translates the Sanskrit epithet Anandamayi as "Joy-permeated" in English. This name was given to her by her devotees in the 1920s to describe her perpetual state of divine joy.20 

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Samarth Ramdas (c. 1608 - c. 1681), also known as Sant (saint) Ramdas or Ramdas Swami or simply Ramdas was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. His earlier name was Narayan. He was a devotee of the  Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman. 

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Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti Movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib. His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda.. Kabir was born in the Indian city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

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Soordas, the blind bard of Brij, occupies a very eminent position in Hindi Literature.  Being blind to the world, he was blessed with Divine Vision, with which he was able to see Lord Krishna.  This soul is happy to share with you the Life of Sant Soordas in this episode.

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Shri Guru Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671) is an influential 16th century Hindu saint who advocated Vaishnavism (worship of Vishnu as the supreme God) and Shri Madhvacharya’s Dvaitaphilosophy. He ascended Brindavana at Mantralayam in present day Andhra Pradesh in 1671.

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