Chinmaya Mission
Trinidad & Tobago
- Swami Chinmayananda
H.H Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda
His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda is a world renowned authority of the scriptures of India, especially Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. He was born in 1916 and attained mahasamadhi in 1993. He worked relentlessly for about 40 years to bring about spiritual revival in India and abroad. His unique style and logical approach is appealing to all young and old.
Pujya Guru Ji Swami Tejomayananda
As the Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide, Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda is fulfilling the vision that Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda charted. As he puts it, "I am not in Swamiji's shoes, I am at His feet."
Pujya Swami Prakashananda
Born in California, Trinidad, after migrating to Canada for higher studies, a young seeker met Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda during Chinmaya Mission's jnana yajna at a university in Toronto. He eagerly approached Gurudev to join the Mission and, in 1991, traveled to Mumbai, India to study the scriptures before taking the vows of a brahmachari.
Brahmachari Avinashji
"With an innate passion for Sanatana Dharma and barraged by a multitude of life's experiences, he was driven to seek true Hinduism which eventually brought him straight to the doorsteps of Chinmaya Mission, and more importantly at the feet of a guru: Swami Prakashananda.
Brahmachari Hamerajhji
Hamerajh Balgobin was born in the village of Hardbargain Williamsville.He was nurtured from childhood into service and devotion by the Triveni Mandir during which a close association was formedĀ with former graduates of Sandeepany Sadhanalaya who possessed a holistic vision for self development and society ,a fire was instantly kindled to study in India and intensify his seva with youths.
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