SWAMI VISHNU TIRTHA

Also known as Munilal Swami, was a sanyas, writer He was born on 15 October 1888 in Jhajjar, Haryana, India. At the Swarg Ashram in Rishikesh he received Shaktipat initiation from Yogananda Maharaj in 1933. In 1939 Munilal expressed a desire for initiation as a renunciate (sannyasin). Yogananda directed him to Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha in Benaras, who initiated him at the Mohan Ashram, Haridwar near the bank of the Ganges. His name then became Swami Vishnu Tirtha. At the direction of Yogananda, he proceeded toward Indore and finally settled in Dewas where he laid the foundation for the Narayan Kuti Sanyas Ashram. Vishnu Tirtha initiated many spiritual aspirants into the system of Shaktipat (descent of energy) and wrote a number of books. Vishnu Tirtha had a profound love for the Ganges River and he spent around two months a year in Yog Shri Peeth Ashram in Rishikesh after his disciple Swami Shivom Tirtha and others carried out the construction of the centre in 1965. He left his body in 1969.