Few in India know that celebrations to mark the 108th birth anniversary of Swami Chinmayananda (1916–1993 ... ‘Son, don’t you see me; born here in the Himalayas, I rush down to the plains ...

In a draped chair, dressed in a long robe and with a long white beard, Swami Chinmayananda looked properly mystical for a leader of a Far Eastern religion. He was seated next to an altar on a low ...