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Swami Vijayananda Saraswati is a true blend of Hinduism, Vedanta, and Physics. He is the founder of Adi Shankara Advaita Ashram, a non-profit organization dedicated to the teaching and popularizing the ancient wisdom of Bharat – Vedanta.

Swami Vijayananda along with Swamini Divyananda has built “Bhujangeswara Rudraksha Mandir” in 2013. This serene Shiva Temple is enshrined beneath two Rudraksha Trees and is an abode of peace and tranquility.

For the purpose of disseminating and preserving the Veda Agama Heritage and Shiva Worship, Swami Vijayananda has established two Ashrams in India:

The Tiruvannamalai Tirumoolar Ashram is an abode of peace and is located just on the outskirts of the holy City Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu.
The Vasuki by the sea shore in Parampalli just north of Udupi in Karnataka.

Swami Vijayananda Saraswati - Short Biography

Swami Vijayananda is a graduate in Physics from Madurai University. His initial training in Yoga and Meditation was in 1976 with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh at the foothills of the Himalayas in India. During this time he was exposed to Vedic Studies, Vedanta and Hindu rituals such as Rudra abhishekam and Rudra homam.

In the late 1970s Swami Vijayananda was the Director of Administration for Maharishi Institute of Creative Intelligence (MICI) for all of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Meditation centers in India. Since 1985 Sri Swami Vijayananda has been living in US. He had taught free Yoga and Meditation classes for the last 40 years in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville areas. He has also conducted many Rudra Abishekams, Rudra and Ganesha Homas for Temples in Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers. He performed the consecration ceremonies for the Saneeshwara Temple in Fort Myers and the Mariamman Temple in Miami. He has also conducted workshops at Viswa Hindu Parishad camps and taught children and teenage students the values of Hinduism and how to do Pujas. He had organized many annual Bhagawath Geetha chanting competition for children at South Florida Hindu Temple.

In 2016 July and again in July 2017 two years in a row, he completed Kailash Manosarovar yatra and did parikrama walking around the Kailash Mountain. Currently he is teaching online Vedic classes and spiritual Discourses online.Recently, Swami Viayananda and Swamini Divyananda along with dedicated devotees have established in Tiruvannamalai a Mega 23 feet Banalingam surrounded by a 108 smaller Narmadeshwara Banalingams. Kumbabishekam was performed on November 15th , 2021 followed by another Kumbhabhishekam for the 18 feet Karuna Banalingeshwara in Nov 2023.Since 2016 Swamiji has conducted online discourses in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English covering Satha Rudriyam entire 11 anuvakams of both Namakam and Chamakam, Tatva Bodham, Purusha Suktham, Pancahkshari Nakshatra Mala Storam (2018) and in Tamil 9th Tirumurai Karuvooraar’s Sattiya Kudi Pathigams. His talks and live sessions are available on Youtube channel Sivoham TV.