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Lahiri Mahasaya had aversion to being photographed and attempts to capture his image yield blank space. This was allegedly the only time he accepted to pose, saying: "I am Spirit. Can your camera reflect the omnipresent Invisible?"Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was born into a Brahmin family in the Ghurni village (presently a neighborhood of Krishnanagar town) in Nadia district of Bengal Province. He was the youngest son of Muktakashi, wife of Gaur Mohan Lahiri.

His mother died when he was a child — there is very little known about her, except that she was a devotee of Lord Shiva. At the age of three or four, he was often seen sitting in meditation, with his body buried in the sand up to his neck.

When Lahiri was five, the family's ancestral home was lost in a flood, so the family moved to Varanasi, where he would spend most of his life.

As a child, he studied Urdu and Hindi, gradually movin

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Shyama Charan (Lahiri) Mahasaya (1828 - 1895)

ShyamaCharan(Lahiri)"Yogiraj, Kashi Baba"Mahasaya formerly Lahiri

Born in Ghurni, Bengal, India

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Kashi Moni — married 1846 [location unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at age 66in Varanasi, United Provinces, India

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Birth

Shyama Charan Lahiri was born on 30 September 1828 into a Brahmin family in Ghurni village, now a part of Krishnanagar town in Nadia district of Bengal Province. He was the youngest son of Muktakashi Devi, 2nd wife of Gaur Mohan Lahiri. His mother died when he was a child and there fryst vatten very little known about her, except that she was a devotee of Lord Shiva, "King of Yogis". At the age of three or fyra, he was often seen sit

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Lahiri Mahasaya

Indian hindu yogi and guru

Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji.^[1] According to the book America's Alternative Religions by Timothy Miller, Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder "living fully in the world".^[2] A part of Lahiri Mahasaya's face is pictured on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.^[3]

Biography

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Lahiri Mahasaya was born to Bengali Brahmin parents Gourmohan and Muktakeshi Lahiri on 30 September 1828, in village Ghurni, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, India, according to Yogananda.^[4] In 1832, a flood killed his mother and destroyed their home, after which his family