Our Acharya: Swami Sharananda

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.

He was trained by H.H. Swami Tejomayanandaji. He was given Brahmachari Diksha in 1988 and became Br. Sharana Chaitanya.

He has served Chinmaya Mission centers in Anugul, Rourkela and Calcutta. He has been the resident Acharya at Chinmaya Mission Chicago since March 1993.

On July 9, 1995 he was initiated into Sanyasa Diksha by H.H. Swami Tejomayanandaji and became Swami Sharanananda.He conducts yogasana and other scriptural classes during Chinmaya Mission family camps in America and Canada. Swamiji likes to be with children. He places great importance on value based living.

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Our Acharya: Brahmacharini Vibhooti Chaitanya

Vibhootiji (affectionately known as Ammaji) was born in Tanzania, East Africa. She studied Vedanta during the period 1998–2000 in the 11th batch, at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai, India. She was initiated into Brahmacharya Order as Vibhooti Chaitanya by Swami Tejomayanandaji in October 2000. 

Vibhootiji then served as a residential acharya at Chinmaya Mission centers in London, U.K., Los Angeles and Chicago, where she initiated/conducted regular study classes, satsang/lectures. She also proactively served towards preparation of the Bala Vihar lessons manuals and co-facilitated Bala Vihar teachers’ training sessions, until 2005.

For the past six years Vibhootiji has served as a professionally trained librarian at the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai and simultaneously as a residential acharya of the Jagadishwara zone, Mumbai, conducting Bala Vihar and adult study classes, satsang/lectures, children and family camps and as a visiting acharya at other centers.

Vibhootiji has now returned to the Chinmaya Mission - Chicago center to serve as our acharya besides Swami Sharanananda.

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