Swami Yogananda Giri

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Swami Yogananda Giri is the leading^{[citation needed]} Hindu religious figure in Italy. He was the founder of the Unione Induista Italia.

[edit] Early life

Yogananda was born in Italy and converted to Hinduism when he was a teenager. After immigrating to India he learned Sanskrit and became learned in South Indian Agamas. He was initiated as a renunciate monk in 1982. In 1985, he established the Gitananda Ashram in Savona.

[edit] See also

Hinduism in Italy

[edit] External links

Italy's Hindu Controversy Hinduism Today - September 1997
How to Become a Hindu Hinduism Today - November 2000
Hinduism Hinduism Today - June 1999

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