Pandit Prameya Chaitanya

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About Pandit Prameya Chaitanya

Pandit Prameya Chaitanya is the Acharya –in – charge of Shree Mahalakshmi Temple in Vancouver. A descendent of the royal family of Jhansi Ki Rani, he had his training in Theology and in the study of Yoga and Herbal medicine at a very young age, in the world renowned institute – Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, popularly known as Sivananda Ashram at the foot of the Himalayas in Rishikesh, India. He started his training in religious and philosophical study under the tutelage of Swami Naraharitirtha, a great saint of Kailash ashram in Rishikesh. He also obtained training in Astrology, Astronomy and other sciences with Swami Narayanananda Saraswati, who was a disciple of Narasimha Bharati of Sringeri Mutt. He studied the Upanishads in detail with Swami Bramhananda Saraswati of Rama Krishna mission in Uttarakashi. He later undertook an in-depth study of the Hindu Scriptures at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Bombay, under the two great masters H.H. Swami Chinmayananda and H.H. Swami Dayananda Saraswati. He has been in Canada for the last twenty eight years, serving the community by offering guidance, help and counseling for families and students, and is also actively involved in marriage counseling.