Swamins and Brahmacharins

Resident Swamin / Brahmacharins
Center : Atlanta


Brahmacharini Jyoti Chaitanya
Brahmacharini Jyoti Chaitanya is a graduate of the 17th batch Vedānta Course, Sāndeepany Mumbai, conducted under the loving guidance of Pūjya Swāmi Swaroopānandajī and under the masterful tutelage of Swāmi Bodhātmānadajī.
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Center : Chicago, NW Indiana, Peoria
Swami Sharanananda

Swami Sharanananda hails from Puri in Orissa. Being inspired by Pujya Gurudev H.H. Swami Chinmayanandji, he joined the two year brahmachari training course in Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai, in the year 1986.
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Center : Chicago (Yamunotri)
Swami Aparajitananda
Swami Aparajitananda has professional degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He did the intense Vedanta training at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai and then joined Chinmaya Mission full-time and served the Mission centers in Bangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Mangalore and now Chicago.
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Center : Columbus

Brahmacharini Stuti Chaitanya
Brahmacharini Stuti Chaitanya has been exposed to scriptural teaching since her formative years. Her family actively participated in the spiritual engagements at the local community Mandir, and frequently conducted satsaṅga-s throughout the country.
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Center : Dallas & FortWorth
Brahmachari Hari Chaitanya

Br.Hari Chaitanya was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Brahmachari Hari Chaitanya has been associated with CMDFW since he was a Kindergartener at Chinmaya Saaket. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Texas at Dallas and was an active member of CHYK Dallas.
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Chaplain

Brahmacharini Shweta Chaitanya
Brahmacharini Shweta Chaitanya a Hindu Chaplain at Emory University’s Office of Spiritual and Religious Life will be lending support to the community of those who identify as Hindu, those who are interested in learning about Hindu traditions, as well as the interfaith Emory community at large.
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Center : Los Angeles
Swami Ishwarananda

Swami Ishwarananda is the resident senior monk at Chinmaya Mission Los Angeles. An accomplished master of Vedanta philosophy, Swamiji explains the universality of spiritual teachings in a simplified manner for audiences to grasp and for seekers to implement teachings in day-to-day living.
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Center : Miami, Tampa
Swamini Akhilananda
Swamini Akhilananda first met Pujya Gurudev, His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda, at a Chinmaya Mission spiritual camp in Canada. Inspired by his life and teachings, she continued to seek his presence whenever chance permitted.
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Center : NJ, Tri-State, Minneapolis
Swami Shantananda
Swami Shantananda is the resident acharya of Chinmaya Mission in New Jersey and the President of Chinmaya Mission West, which overseas all centers in the USA. He is also guiding Chinmaya Ganapati center in Minneapolis.
Swami Shantanandaji is well known for his unparalleled devotion to Lord Krishna and for his absolute devotion to his Guru, Swami Chinmayanandaji.
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Resident Swamin / Brahmacharins
Center : New York

Brahmacharini Shubhani Chaitanya

Brni. Shubhani Chaitanya is a disciple of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. Born in Manila, bred in New York and built in Bharat, she has grown through Chinmaya Mission as a Bala Vihar child, a dynamic CHYK (Chinmaya Yuva Kendra) and now a Brahmacharini posted in Chinmaya Mission New York.
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Center : Tri-State
Swami Siddhananda

Swami Siddhananda, a graduate from Kerala University, joined Chinmaya Mission in 1972 at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai and studied Vedanta under Swami Chinmayananda. He was one of those fortunate to meet Gurudev in his youth.
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Center : San Jose

Brahmachari Soham Chaitanya

Brahmachari Soham Chaitanya was born in a spiritual family devoted to Chinmaya Mission. The opportunity to listen to satsangs from various Swamins and Brahmacharins introduced him to spirituality from a very young age.
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Location : Florida

Swamini Radhikananda
Swamini Radhikananda (formerly known as Brahmacharini Arpita) was blessed with the life-changing experience of meeting and hearing Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda speak on the Bhagavad Gita for the first time in Washington, D.C. in 1978.
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Center : Toronto

Swamini Shivapriyananada

Swamini Shivapriyananda is our Senior Swamini for Chinmaya Mission Toronto – Shivalaya. Inspired by Pujya Swami Chinmayananda, Swamini Shivapriyananda completed the brahmachari course in Bombay in 1986 and was posted as Acharya of Chinmaya Mission Toronto.
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Center : Trinidad & Tobago
Swami Prakāśānanda

Resident Spiritual Head Chinmaya Mission Trinidad & Tobago
During His tenure as a young college student at the York University of Toronto, a fortuitous meeting occurred when Swami Prakāśānandaji attended lectures on Hindu Philosophy conducted by none other than our Pūjya Gurudev Swami Chinmayānandaji.
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Center : Trinidad & Tobago
Brahmacharini Kritika Chaitanya
Brahmacharini Kritika Chaitanya is currently posted in Trinidad, conducting public satsangs and classes for adults, seniors and young females, and assisting with Ashram activities and enterprises.
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Center : Trinidad & Tobago
Brahmachari Dvijot Chaitanya

Dvijotji has been traveling between Trinidad and Guyana, conducting classes in Hinduism, meditation, Bhagavad Gita chanting, holding public satsangs and managing various Ashram activities.
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Center : Washington DC
Swami Dheerananda

Swami Dheerananda hails from Hyderabad, India. Responding to the call of the Master he underwent the Brahmachari Training Course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai, India during the year 1984-1986 under the instruction of Swami Tejomayananda.
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