Swami Sivananda Saraswati Born: Kuppuswami
Swami Sivananda (1887 - 1963): born in Tamil Nadu, South India, he showed a remarkable propensity toward charity and wisdom from his earliest boyhood.
After becoming a doctor and practicing in India and Malaya, he renounced the world and became a monk. He founded the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh in 1936, which is today one of the world's largest charitable and educational institution for spiritual aspirants.
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