Head of Juna Akhara – H.H. Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji

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Head of Juna Akhara - H.H. Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji

Head of Juna Akhara – H.H. Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji

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Baba Rampuri, author of "Autobiography of a Sadhu, a Journey into Mystic India," and frequent commentator on Oral Tradition, Sacred Speech, and Consciousness, is an American expatriate,  the first foreigner to be initiated into India's largest and most ancient order of yogis, the Naga Sannyasis of Juna Akhara.  He has lived in India since 1970, where he practices and teaches the oral tradition of the Sanatan Dharma, conducts sacred ceremony and rites, and hosts workshops and retreats.

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