Sri Swami Krishananda Saraswati Maharaj was born on April 25, 1922 , in an orthodox Brahmin family. He was as named as Subbaraya.
He was a brilliant student in his childhood. He received his high school education at puttur and stood first in the class in all the subjects, But the formal education did not quench his desire of learning scriptural texts. The study of Sanskrit texts like the ‘Gita’, the ‘Upanishads’ ultimately took him towards the Advaita philosophy of Shankaracharya.
In 1943, Swamiji joined a government job but his intense inner longing for Advatic experience and renumciation forced him to leavce the job. After that he left for Varanasi to study Vedas and other Scriptures. Later he moved to Rishikesh where he met Swami Sivananda Sivanana who initiated him into his holy order of ‘Sanyasa’. The first book he wrote works, each one a masterpiece in itself. He is the author of nearly twenty works, each one a masterpiece in itself. He is a rare blend of Karma and Inana Yogas, a living example of the Gita teaching.