Srotriya Brahmanistha Anant

Sri Vibhushit Panch Dashanam Juna Akhara

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vishnudevananda Giri

World famous, established in Brahman, possessing unlimited powers,

Lord of the Universal Mandala, one who achieves bliss through Vishnu,

climbing to the very top beyond all limits

Initiation: Purnasannyasa

Date: February 7, 2010

Location: Haridwar, India, Kumbh Mela

Initiation conducted by: Kapil Advait Somnath Giri Mahayogi Pilot Babaji Maharaj Mahamandaleshwar Panch Dashanam Juna Akhara

Initiation: Mahamandaleshvara

Date: February 9, 2010

Location: Haridwar, India, Juna Akhara Center

Initiation by: Acharya Panch Dashanam Juna Akhara Avdeshananda Giriji Maharaj

Spiritual teacher (who has the authority to initiate into sannyasa) in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta and yoga, sadhu, realized master jnani in the line of Advaita Vedanta, philosopher, theologian, writer, pilgrim traveler who has disciples of monks and laity around the world, in Russia , Ukraine, Belarus, Europe, USA, India, Nepal.

Born in 1967 in the USSR, on the territory of Ukraine.

Spiritual practice, meditation he began to practice independently at the age of six, relying on the intuitive memory of the past.

Adopted Sanatana Dharma as his path and religion at the age of 19.

He spent several secluded retreats doing yoga tapasya, one of which lasted almost three years. As a result of the last retreat in 1993-1995, he realized samadhi and attained enlightenment.

Since 1995 he has been preaching Sanatana Dharma, the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, Anuttara Tantra.

Author of over 50 books and several hundred articles on yoga philosophy. The most significant and well-known works and books: the two-volume "Shine of the Precious Secrets of Laya Yoga", "Songs of the Awakened One", "The Universe of the Jnani", "Spiritual Alchemy: the Path of Inner Asceticism", "My Life in God".

He gave several thousand lectures on the philosophy of Vedanta, yoga, tantra, metaphysics and mythology of Sanatana Dharma.

Teaches jnana, raja, bhakti, karma yoga, kundalini, laya yoga, teachings of the Anuttara Tantra of the Siddhas.

The initiator of several International Advaita Vedanta Congresses in Russia, several festivals of Vedic culture, Vedic cinema, Vedic literature and interfaith international meetings in Europe within the framework of the Era of Unity project.

In 2010, at the Kumbh Mela World Festival in Haridwar, he received the status of a sannyasi and spiritual name from the Mahamandaleshwar of the order of Juna Akhara Somnath Giri Maharaja (Mahayogi saint Pilot Babaji) and the status of Mahamandaleshwar from the acharya-Mahamandaleshwar Sri Swami Avdesananda Giri in the monastic order of Juna Akhara, founded by Sri Shankaracharya . In 2014, in Allahabad, the status of Mahamandaleshwar was also given to his student, Swamini Ananda Leela Giri.

He preaches Sanatana Dharma, the path of practical Vedanta, the teachings of Anuttara Tantra in Russia, Europe, USA, India, Nepal, Indonesia.

According to the BBC publication, he is one of the three most influential Hindu sannyasis among Europeans.

He is the inspirer of the creation of several yoga ashrams in different countries - Divya Loka (Russia), Sadhu Loka (Nepal), Shanti Loka (India), and the spiritual teacher of the laity (grihasthas), karma sannyasis, brahmacharis and sannyasis living in them.