Swami Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, 1893–1952) was an Indian Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920 and the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India in 1917. He is best known for his 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi, a spiritual classic that has sold over four million copies and been translated into more than fifty languages. He is widely regarded as a foundational figure in bringing yoga to the West, having arrived in the United States in 1920 and establishing his headquarters in Los Angeles in 1925. He passed away on March 7, 1952, in Los Angeles, California.