Muktananda, Swami

Swami Muktananda (1908-1982) founded the Siddha Yoga Dham Associates (SYDA) in 1974. By 1976, he had established eighty meditation centers and five ashrams, and claimed some 20,000 followers in the United States. Swami Muktananda also traveled to other parts of the world, spreading the teachings of Siddha Yoga Meditation.