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'''Sivananda Saraswati''' (or Swami Sivanada) (8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963) was a proponent of [[Yoga]] and [[Vedanta]]. Sivananda was born '''Kuppuswami''' in [[Pattamadai]], in the [[Tirunelveli]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]].  He studied medicine and served in [[British Malaya]] as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near [[Muni Ki Reti]], [[Rishikesh]].

'''Sivananda Saraswati''' (or Swami Sivanada) was a proponent of [[Yoga]] and [[Vedanta]]. Sivananda was born '''Kuppuswami''' in [[Pattamadai]], in the [[Tirunelveli]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]].  He studied medicine and served in [[British Malaya]] as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near [[Muni Ki Reti]], [[Rishikesh]].

He was the founder of the [[Divine Life Society]] (DLS) in 1936, [[Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy]] (1948) and author of over 200 books on yoga, Vedanta, and a variety of subjects. He established [[Sivananda Ashram]], the headquarters of the DLS, on the bank of the Ganges at Sivanandanagar, {{convert|3|km|mi}} from [[Rishikesh]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166607/Divine-Life-Society Divine Life Society] [[Britannica.com]]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zBVyeRnJ64oC&pg=RA1-PA164&dq=%22Divine+Life+Society%22&as_brr=0#PRA1-PA164,M1 Divine Life Society] ''Divine enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement'', by Lise McKean. University of Chicago Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-226-56009-0}}. ''Page 164=165''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PguGB_uEQh4C&pg=PA144&dq=%22Divine+Life+Society%22&lr=&as_brr=0 Swami Shivananda] ''Religion and anthropology: a critical introduction'', by Brian Morris. Cambridge University Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-521-85241-2}}. ''Page 144''.</ref>

In 1932, He established [[Sivananda Ashram]], the headquarters of the DLS, on the bank of the Ganges at Sivanandanagar, {{convert|3|km|mi}} from [[Rishikesh]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/166607/Divine-Life-Society Divine Life Society] [[Britannica.com]]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zBVyeRnJ64oC&pg=RA1-PA164&dq=%22Divine+Life+Society%22&as_brr=0#PRA1-PA164,M1 Divine Life Society] ''Divine enterprise: Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement'', by Lise McKean. University of Chicago Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-226-56009-0}}. ''Page 164=165''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PguGB_uEQh4C&pg=PA144&dq=%22Divine+Life+Society%22&lr=&as_brr=0 Swami Shivananda] ''Religion and anthropology: a critical introduction'', by Brian Morris. Cambridge University Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-521-85241-2}}. ''Page 144''.</ref><ref name=":0">Cover Page of the book All About Hinduism (written by Swami Sivananda)</ref>He was the founder of the [[Divine Life Society]] (DLS) in 1936, [[Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy]] (1948) and author of over 200 books on yoga, Vedanta, and a variety of subjects. In 1953 Swamiji convened a World Parliament of Religions.<ref name=":0" />

 

Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practise of Vedanta. Added to this was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind.<ref name=":0" />  

==Biography==

==Biography==