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Swami Advaitananda Saraswati(Balisukri,Cuttack,Odisha,Swami Advaitananda is monk of Hindu monastic order and renowned traditional teacher of Advaita Vedant and Kriya Yoga.He is the founder of Suddhananda Tapovanam Trust.

Early Life
Our Swamiji was born on 24th July 1965 as Murari Prasad Mohanty in a small typical village Balisukri,Cuttack,Odisha.His father was Akshyananda Mohanty and mother was Basanti Devi.When he was just six month his father passed away.Local people says his father was a very humble and honest man,a follower of Sri Chaitanya.In 1980 he passed the student scholarship examination from Chintamani Bidyapitha and studid at Khrist College,Cuttack during his study he got the government job and joined Indian Navy.

Beginnings of Spirituality
After listing the series talk of Swami Chinmya Nanda and Swami Dayananda Saraswati he gradually became interested in vedant.In between he found a book named"An auto biography of Yogi" written by Paramahansa Yogananda Giri and went to Karar Ashram and got Dikhya of Kriya Yoga.In his service period of fifteen year he was visiting lots of spiritual guru and Ashram.

Sanyasa
After completing his service he regularly visited Karar Ashram and pratice Kriya Yoga under the guidance of his guru Swami Yogaswarananda Giri.Then he came to contact with Swami Suddhhananda Saraswati and studding Advaita Vedant,Sanskrit,Bhagabat Gita chanting in Suddhananda Ashram.He got Sanyasa Dikhya in the day of Maha Sivaratri in the year 2005.In this day puyja Gurudev gave new name "Swami Advaitananda Saraswati"

After that he wandered as paribrajak all over Odisha and finally stayed in Mukteswar Mahadev Temple from where he started his spiritual life and live lonely for long period.