Swami Yogananda Giri

Swami Yogananda Giri is a Hindu religious figure in Italy. He was the founder of the Unione Induista Italia.

Early life
Yogananda was born in Italy and converted to Hinduism when he was a teenager. After immigrating to India, he learned Sanskrit and became learned in South Indian Agamas. He was initiated as a renunciate monk in 1982. In 1985, he established the Gitananda Ashram in Savona.