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Bhagawan
Nityananda is renowned in western and southern India
as one of the great modern saints. Also known as Bade
Baba (elder Baba), he was the Guru of Swami
Muktananda, who often said Bhagawan was
a janma Siddha, a born Siddha or perfected yogi.
In his early years, Bhagawan Nityananda lived in seclusion
in remote areas of Southern India. In later years he
came to settle in the village of Ganeshpuri, in the
Indian state of Maharastra. It was there that he bestowed
shaktipat on Swami Muktananda, who was later called
Baba. Several years before he passed away, Bhagawan
Nityananda instructed Baba to build an ashram a few
miles from his own residence. This became the mother
ashram for Siddha Yoga meditation, now known as Gurudev
Siddha Peeth.
Gurumayi
Chidvilasananda, the current head of
this lineage of Siddha Yoga masters, continues to honor
Bhagawan Nityananda as the contemporary source of the
Siddha Yoga lineage. The temples to Bhagawan Nityananda
in Shree Muktananda Ashram in upstate New York, and
in Gurudev Siddha Peeth in Ganeshpuri, India scintillate
with great spiritual energy.
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