Swami Yogananda Giri
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Swami Yogananda Giri is a Hindu religious figure in Italy.[1] He was the founder of the Unione Induista Italia.
Early life
Yogananda was born in Italy and converted to Hinduism when he was a teenager[citation needed]. 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.
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- 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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