Introduction:
About Paramhansa Yogananda
For the first time in a major motion picture, "YOGANANDA" depicts the incredible life odyssey of Paramhansa Yogananda, the man who ignited a spiritual revolution by bringing yoga to America in 1920.
Yogananda is one of the most honored and influential yoga masters ever to live and teach in the West. His book, Autobiography of a Yogi, has been read by millions and is the best selling spiritual autobiography of all time.
Paramhansa Yogananda was born near Calcutta, India in 1893. At the age of 27, after extensive yogic training and life-altering mystical experiences in his native land, the young yoga master set sail for America, where, as his guru told him, his destiny would unfold.
Within the dynamic tapestry of Yogananda's life story, we discover the lasting legacy he brought with him: a new expression of ancient science of using yoga and meditation to achieve self-realization. Throughout his life, he promoted the universal message of the oneness of the central truths underlying of all the world's major religions.
Yogananda spans his epic life journey as the first Indian yogi and spiritual guru to move permanently to America, and through the works he engineered and souls he moved until his dramatic death in Los Angeles in 1952. His legacy still touches the souls of countless truthseekers worldwide.
