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Ramaswamy, the boy scout, 1924. (16kb) Ramaswamy, the businessman, 1935. (17kb) Sri Gurudev (just behind Sri Swami Sivananda), his other brother monks, and sadhus of Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, 1948. (18kb) Sri Gurudev soon after receiving Sannyas initiation, 1949. (11kb)
The Yogiraj in peacock pose, Sri Lanka, mid-1950s. (21kb) The Yogiraj in Yogic sleep pose. (24kb) Sri Gurudev giving lecture/demonstration, Southeast Asia, mid-1950s. (33kb) Sri Gurudev's first visa photo, Sri Lanka, mid-1950s. (28kb)
Sri Gurudev's driver's license, dated 12-12-1955. (50kb) Sri Gurudev during a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, 1958. (32kb) Sri Gurudev with the Harilela family, Hong Kong, late 1950s. (35kb) Filmmaker Conrad Rooks meets Sri Gurudev in Sri Lanka, 1965. (29kb)
Sri Gurudev giving Satsang at 500 West End Avenue, 1968 (34kb) Planning meeting for the Center for Spiritual Studies with (l-r) Rabbi Gelberman, Sri Gurudev, Br. David Steindl-Rast, New York, 1968. (30kb) Second meeting with Pope Paul VI, The Vatican,1968. (16kb) Sri Gurudev in front of first IYI, 500 West End Ave., New York City, 1968.(21KB)
New York IYI members 1968. (48kb) Sri Gurudev on the Mike Douglas Show, with Peter Max and Dinah Shore, New York, 1969. (31kb) Carnegie Hall poster, 1969. (20kb) At Vogue magazine shoot by Richard Avedon with Sri Gurudev teaching Yoga to supermodel Verushka, New York, late 1960s. (29kb)
Sri Gurudev with U Thant and Sri C. V. Narasimhan, United Nations, 1970. (36kb) Sri Gurudev en route to ballet with Laura Nyro, Felix Cavaliere, and other devotees, Hartford, Connecticut, early 1970s. (36kb) Sri Gurudev and devotees in front of one of the first California IYIs, Berkeley, 1971. (33kb) St. Francis Day celebration of the animals with Very Rev. James P. Morton, Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NYC), 1986. (39kb)

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