Keshavananda Brahmachari

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Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari
Sri Sri Yogiraj Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari
Personal
Born	Panchkodi Banerjee (1830-12-25)25 December 1830 Shivanipur village, Howrah district, West Bengal, India
Died	1942 (aged 111–112) Vrindavan
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Indian
Sect	Dashanami Sampradaya
Organization
Order	Brahmachari
Founder of	Katyayani Peeth of Vrindavan
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta , Shaktism
Religious career
Disciples Swami Satyanandaji

Sri Sri Yogiraj Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari (1830-1942) was a Kriya Yogi and master of the Tantras from West Bengal . He was an important disciple of Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri who is popularly known as Lahiri Mahasaya and was well known for his austere Yogic practices through which he had attained the highest degree of enlightenment within his lifetime.^{[citation needed]} He spent a significant part of his lifetime in the Himalayas while being engaged in Yogic practices.^{[citation needed]}