Brahmananda Saraswati
Indian gurudeva and monk
Died when: 81 years 150 days (976 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svami Brahmananda Sarasvati) (21 December 1871 – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India.
Born into a Saryupareen Brahmin family, he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master.
At age fourteen, he became a disciple of Svami K???ananda Sarasvati.At the age of 34, he was initiated into the order of Sannyas and became the Sa?karacarya of Jyotir Math in 1941 at age 70.
His disciples included Swami Shantanand Saraswati, Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Svami Swarupananda Sarasvati and Swami Karpatri.According to the partisans of Shantanand Saraswati, Brahmananda made a will five months before his death in 1953, naming Shantanand as his successor.