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Click on image to see larger version.Sannyas Diksha at Sivananda Ashram
On the Holy Karthika-Sukhla Shasthi i.e. Skandha Shashti (Sunday, the 14th November 1999), Paramapujya Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj, President, The Divine Life Society, ordained Sannyasa Diksha for 21 worthy candidates, including 18 inmates of the Ashram, in the spiritual presence of Gurudev H.H. Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj at Gurudev Kutir on the holy bank of Mother Ganga. The following are those initiated into the holy Sannyasa order:
| 1. Br. Narayanapada Chaitanya (Haridas) | Swami Narayanapadananda Saraswati |
| 2. Br. Gurupada Chaitanya |
Swami Gurupadananda Saraswati |
| 3. Br. Pavitra Chaitanya | Swami Pavitratamananda Saraswati |
| 4. Br. Dharmanishta Chaitanya | Swami Dharmanishtananda Saraswati |
| 5. Br. Navaghan Raut | Swami Baladevananda Saraswati |
| 6. Br. Guruprasad Chaitanya | Swami Guruprasadananda Saraswati |
| 7. Br. Bhaskar Chaitanya | Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati |
| 8. Br. Sharanagata Chaitanya | Swami Sharanagatananda Saraswati |
| 9. Br. Devabhakta Chaitanya | Swami Devabhaktananda Saraswati |
| 10. Br. Gurupriya Chaitanya | Swami Gurupriyananda Saraswati |
| 11. Shankar Subramanyam | Swami Padmanabhananda Saraswati |
| 12. Harinarayan Potty | Swami Hrishikeshananda Saraswati |
| 13. Dilip Bellare | Swami Krupananda Saraswati |
| 14. Prafulla Kumar Panigrahi | Swami Omkaraswarupananda Saraswati |
| 15. Lakshmi Mataji | Swami Tyagananda Saraswati |
| 16. Hans Schutt | Swami Muktananda Saraswati |
| 17. Kevin Travis | Swami Bodhichittananda Saraswati |
| 18. Gangadhar Panda | Swami Archanananda Saraswati |
| 19. A.V. Raghavalu | Swami Mantrarupananda Saraswati |
| 20. Dhirendra Barik | Swami Viswanathananda Saraswati |
| 21. Harihara Nayak | Swami Sadashivananda Saraswati |
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