Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi
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Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi (August 26, 1852 – September 10, 1929) was a sanyasi from Kerala
, India
who founded the Ananda Maha Sabha and Anandamatham (religion of bliss). An atheist, he denounced idol worship and religions. He propounded the theory that ananda (happiness or bliss) should be the touchstone of any human activity. The movement he spearheaded played an important role in the renaissance of Kerala society.
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
who founded the Ananda Maha Sabha and Anandamatham (religion of bliss). An atheist, he denounced idol worship and religions. He propounded the theory that ananda (happiness or bliss) should be the touchstone of any human activity. The movement he spearheaded played an important role in the renaissance of Kerala society.
In English
- Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi and His Selected Works- Editor: P.V. Gopalakrishnan. Delhi, Kalpaz, 2002 ISBN 81-7835-101-3
In Malayalam
- Sivayoga Rahasyam - 1893
- Sthri Vidya Poshini - 1899
- Sidhanubhuthi - 1903
- Mokshapradeepam - 1905
- Anandakalpadrumam - 1905
- Ananda Suthram - 1910
- Rajayoga Parasyam - 1916
- Vigraharadhana Khandanam - 1916
- Ananda Vimanam - 1916
- Anandamatha Paraysyam - 1919
- Anandakkummi - 1920
- Ananda Ganam - 1923
- Anandadarsam - 1927
- Anandagurugeetha - 1928
- Anandadarsam - 1928