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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Swami Prakashananda<br /> | birth_place = [[California, Trinidad and Tobago|California]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]<br /> | other_names = Brahmachari Prem Chaitanya<br /> | known_for = [[Chinmaya Mission]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Swami Prakashananda&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|स्वामी प्रकाशानंद:}}) is the founder and [[Acharya]] of [[Chinmaya Mission]] of [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<br /> <br /> Swami Prakashananda was born in [[California, Trinidad and Tobago|California]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. While studying for a bachelor&#039;s degree in political science and philosophy from [[York University]] in [[Toronto]], he met [[Swami Chinmayananda]] during Chinmaya Mission&#039;s jnana yajna. He soon joined Chinmaya Mission started studying the scriptures at [[Mumbai]] in 1991.<br /> <br /> Upon completion of his studies he was named Brahmachari Prem Chaitanya in 1994 and was assigned to give discourses at various Mission centers in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. Prem returned to Trinidad in 1997 and started Chinmaya Mission. Swami [[Tejomayananda]] initiated Premji into Sanyasa as Swami Prakashananda on [[Mahashivaratri]] in 2005.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=Chinmaya Mission San Jose – Swami Prakashananda|url=https://www.cmsj.org/swami-prakashananda/|access-date=2021-07-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=Swami Prakashananda - Chinmaya Mission Kissimmee|url=https://www.chinmayakissimmee.org/Gurus/SwamiPrakashananda|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.chinmayakissimmee.org}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Swami Prakashananda travels extensively in Trinidad, the Caribbean, the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom for spiritual discourses. His itinerary is available [http://www.chinmayamissiontt.org/community/swami-prakashanandas-itinerary.html online].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Prakashananda, Swami}}<br /> [[Category:21st-century Hindu religious leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Advaitin philosophers]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu spiritual teachers]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu philosophers and theologians]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu monks]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]</div>

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