Sri Yukteswar Giri
Sri Yukteswar Giri (May 10, 1855 - March 9, 1936) was an Indian guru and swami. His real name was Priya Nath Karar and was born in Serampore, West-Bengal, India.
He is one of the famous people who appears on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
He became known through "Autobiography of a Yogi" as the guru of the author Paramahansa Yogananda.
George Harrison, the beatle, was initiated in kriya yoga in USA in Self-Realization Fellowship, an organization created by the known writer and great spiritual master in the west Paramahansa Yogananda.
He died on March 9, 1936, in Puri, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India.
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