Swami Sivananda Saraswati

Founder of the Divine Life Society; teacher of many 20th-c. masters.

Period: 1887–1963

Associated with: Rishikesh

Tradition: Sivananda / 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.

Swami Sivananda SaraswatiThis page1887–1963
Students who carried it forward
Swami Satyananda Saraswati1923–2009
guru disciple · confidence High
Swami Vishnudevananda1927–1993
guru disciple · confidence High
Swami Satchidananda1914–2002
guru disciple · confidence High
Swami Chinmayananda1916–1993
initiated by · confidence High
The next generation
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswatib. 1960
guru disciple · confidence High
Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)1930–2015
guru disciple · confidence Medium

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