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Disciples Reminisce

Rajarsi Janakananda

Yoganandaji’s first spiritual successor as president of YSS/SRF from 1952–1955

Sri Sri Daya Mata

Yoganandaji’s spiritual successor as president of YSS/SRF from 1955-2010

Sri Sri Mrinalini Mata

Yoganandaji’s spiritual successor as president of YSS/SRF from 2011–2017

Doctor M. W. Lewis

First disciple to take Kriya Yoga
initiation in America

Durga Mata

Member of the Board of Directors; met Yogananda in 1927

Ananda Ma

Member of the Board of Directors; met Yogananda in 1931

Uma Mata

Member of the Board of Directors and SRF sannyasini since 1947

Swami Anandamoy

Member of the Board of Directors and monk since 1949

Swami Bhaktananda

SRF monk for over sixty years; met Yoganandaji in 1939

Mukti Mata

SRF sannyasini for sixty years; met Yoganandaji in 1945

Swami Mokshananda

The last monk to enter the ashram
during Yoganandaji’s lifetime

Sananda Lal Ghosh

The younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda

Dr. Binay Ranjan Sen

The former Ambassador of India
to the United States

Swami Shyamananda

General Secretary of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India until his passing in 1971

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