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Swami Vidya Prakashananda Giri (13 April 1914 - 10 April 1998), born Ananda Mohan, was an Indian spiritual Guru from Andhra Pradesh. He was a disciple of Malayala Swamy. He was the founder of Sri Sukabrahmashram in Srikalahasti. His commentary on Bhagavad Gita named Geetha Makarandam is one of the prominent works in spiritual literature.

Life
Swami Vidya Prakashananda was born Tunuguntla Ananda Mohan in a Telugu Vaishya family in Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Madras Presidency of British India on April 14, 1914. His parents were Tunuguntla Ramaswamy, Suseela. Ramaswamy was a lawyer before turning into a devoted social servant. Ananda Mohan completed his matriculation in Vijayawada at the age of 13 years. He completed his B.A from Noble college in 1933. After that he studied Hindi in Varanasi for a few years. While studying in Varanasi, one day, when he was taking a dip in Ganga river, he found Bhagavad Gita written on the old palm leaves. This incident inspired him to propagate the teachings of the Gita for his life long.

On 17 May, 1936 he entered Vyasashram, Yerpedu established by his Guru, Malayala Swamy. He started his spiritual practices under the guidance of his Guru and continued for 12 years.

Sri Sukabrahmashram
He established Sri Sukabrahmashramam on the banks of Swarnamukhi river on the outskirts of the temple town Srikalahasti. This ashram not only help people in their path of spirituality, but also help in conducting various social service activities. The clinic inside the ashram premises provides free health checkup for the poor and the needy. They also offer free cataract surgeries to the near by villagers who can't afford it.