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As of 10th September 2001, The Trustee Board
of DLS Headquaters in Rishikesh have appointed Swami Jivanmuktanandaji
as the Secretary to the Trustee Board & as the General Secretary
of the DLS Headquarters in Rishikesh.
Inspired by Gurudev's Book, the Elixir Divine,
he visited Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh for the first time
in 1970. And since then he was a regular visitor to Gurudev's
holy Ashram until 1975. From 1975 onward, he became a permanent
inmate of the Sivananda Ashram and served in the Swami Sivananda
Charitable Hospital for four years. In the Year 1979, he became
the Registrar of the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy and managed
the 3 months course organised by the Y.V.F. Academy, a department
of the Divine Life Society Headquarters, Rishikesh. In the
year 1981, he was initiated into the Holy order of Sannyasa
by Paramapujya Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj and was ordained
this present name as Sri Swami Jivanmuktanandaji Maharaj.
In 1983, he was deputed by Pujya Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj
as the President of the Divine Life Society Branch of Malaysia
having almost 20 sub-branches spreading all over the country.
In Malaysia Sadgurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj served
as Doctor Kuppuswamy for 9 years. During the period of his
service developed intense vairagya (dispassion) and returned
to Rishikesh and became Swami Sivananda, the great illustrious
son of Bharatavarsha (India).
While there in Malaysia, Swami Jivanmuktanandaji Maharaj tried
his best to spread the sublime teachings of Gurudev Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj. During his tenure in Malaysia, the devotees
of Gurudev Swami Sivananda and the people in general were
immensely benefited. Swamiji Maharaj is a Master of Yoga and
Vedanta, a dynamic speaker. During his stay in Malaysia, Swamiji
also visited Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore etc.
Upon his return to Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh in 1988, Swamiji
again revived the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy courses. During
this period Swamiji Maharaj many a times conducted Yoga and
Stress Management courses at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy
of Administration, Mussourie for the Indian Administrative
Officers.
In 1994 Swamiji Maharaj was assigned the task of the construction
and management of the A.P. Divine Life Society, Sri Sivananda
Ashram, Hyderabad. With the active help and personal guidance
of Swamiji now the Ashram has developed into a very beautiful
and dynamic spiritual center. At present Swamiji is the President
of the APDLS.
In 1996 Pujya Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj appointed him
as the Administrator, In-charge of Swami Sivananda Centenary
Charitable Hospital run by the Swami Sivananda Memorial Trust
founded in 1987 to mark the Birth Centenary of Gurudev Sri
Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj at holy Pattamadai, the birthplace
of our Worshipful Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.
In March 2000 Sri Swami Jivanmuktanandaji Maharaj was appointed
as the Chairman of the 2nd Global International Divine Life
Society Conference by Pujya Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.
With the permission and blessings of our International President
of the Divine Life Society, Paramapujya Swami Chidanandaji
Maharaj, Swamiji is now undertaking a World Tour to invite
the devotees & disciples of Gurudev to come, join their
hands together and participate in this Conference and also
raise sufficient funds to make this Global Conference a grand
success.
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