Yogaswami

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Yogaswami
யோகசுவாமி යොගස්වාමි
Personal
Born	Sadasivan 1872 (1872) Maviddapuram, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died	1964 (1965) (aged 92) Colombuthurai, Jaffna, Ceylon
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Sect	Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Nath (Nandinatha Sampradaya)
Religious career
Guru	Chellapaswami
Predecessor	Chellapaswami
Successor	Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Initiation	by Chellapaswami

Jnana guru Siva Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872–1964) was a spiritual master, a śivajnani and anatha siddhar revered by Hindus of the 20th century. He had Catholic and Buddhist devotees as well. He was the 161st Jagadacharya of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Yogaswami was trained in and practiced Kundalini yoga under the guidance of Satguru Chellappaswami, from whom he received guru diksha (initiation).^[1]