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Portrait of Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)
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Yoga Guru · Ācārya

Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)

Traditional Vedānta teacher; disciple of Chinmayananda; founded Arsha Vidya Gurukulam.

Period: 1930–2015
Associated with: Coimbatore / Rishikesh
Tradition: Advaita Vedānta
📿 Historically documentedDates and lineage below reflect scholarly consensus; confidence levels are shown for each link.Confidence: High

Lineage timeline (Paramparā)

The teacher-to-student transmission — oldest first, flowing down through the generations.

  1. Swami Sivananda Saraswati1887–1963

    initiated by · confidence High

  2. Swami Chinmayananda1916–1993

    guru disciple · confidence Medium

  3. Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)This page1930–2015

A guru–disciple link is shown only where historically supported. Traditional attributions are labelled and never presented as verified fact.

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Arsha Vidya (Dayananda Saraswati)

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