The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his 125th birth anniversary in New Delhi on October 29.
Speaking on the occasion, the Finance Minister said this moment is big honour for her. She said that the Paramahansa Yogananda was great son of India, who became so recognised globally. His penetrating sharp eyes are full of divine force, she said. The importance lies in his universal message of bringing harmony among mankind and making it so acceptable globally even when communications modes were limited, She added. India feels very strongly about this great son of the Universe who brought in harmony to all our hearts & minds, the Finance Minister further added.
About Paramhansa Yogananda
Paramhansa Yogananda, born in 1893 as born as a Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. It is said that Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout the United States on what he called his “spiritual campaigns.” His Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, helped launch a spiritual revolution in the West.
According to the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India “the author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa founded Yogoda Satsanga Society of India in 1917 to make available a comprehensive system of Kriya Yoga meditation techniques and “how-to-live” teachings to help those of all cultures and nationalities to realize and express more fully in their lives the beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit.
