About Yogacharya
Yogacharya Manoj Ji
Founder and Director, Aarsha Vidya Samajam
Yogacharya Sri K R Manoj ji founded Aarsha Vidya Samajam in 1999 on instruction and blessings from his Sadhguru Sri Sankara Gurudev.
Having imbibed the verities of
starting from a very young age of four, from three major Guru Paramparas: and combined with his own research, experience, and divine inspiration, he founded Aarsha Vidya Samajam and its sister concernsSivasakthi Yogavidya Kendram,
Maneesha Samsakarika Vedi,
Vijnanabharathi Vidya Kendram,
Bouddhikam Books,
and Sadhana Sakthi Kendrams
for disseminating these priceless knowledge for the benefit of mankind.The blessings of his Gurus, the great timeless Masters – Sri Sankara Gurudev, Sri Nikhileswarananda Paramahansa, and the Kriya Yoga lineage from Mahavatar Babaji, Lahari Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar Giri Maharaj, Paramahansa Yogananda, continue to guide and inspire these institutions and its activities.
He learned under Sri Sankara Gurudev, Sri Nikhileshwarananda Paramahansa, and Sri Bodhananda Saraswathi, and learned Yoga from Yogada Satsang Society of India at Ranchi established by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda.
He is familiar with the studies and research on Yoga Vidya of several Yogacharyas and institutions such as Sri Satyananda Saraswathi’s Bihar School of Yoga, Dr. Geethananda’s International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER Pondicherry), and Sivananda Yoga-Vedanta International University (Neyyar Dam) established by Vishnudevananda.
