Atal Akhada Peetadeeshwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Sukhdevanand Ji is the current head of the Atal Akhada.

The Atal Akhada is one of the oldest Akhadas and is closely associated with the Mahanirvani Akhada. During the Shahi Snan, the Atal Akhada and the Mahanirvani Akhada join the procession together. My name is Shri Sanatan Bharati. I am secretary of Shambhu Panchayati Akhada Dashnami Sanyasi. There are seven Akhadas in Dashnami Sanyas, of which only one is ‘Atal’....

Atal Akhada Peetadeeshwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Sukhdevanandji in his speech  declares that Swami Nithyanadna is going to be the next Acharya of the Atal Peeta. The announcement was made on the Avata Dina Brahmotsav celebration of Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Acharya mahamandaleshwar Sukadevanandji discourse translation Worthy of supreme reverence. Worthy of remembering at dawn. Mahamandaleshwar Sri Nithyananda ji Maharaj and other revered respective...

Trailanga Swami  was a yogi and mystic famed for his spiritual powers who lived in Varanasi, India in the 16-17th Century.  Trailanga Swami lived to be 280 years old, residing at Varanasi between 1737-1887. He is regarded by devotees as an incarnation of Shiva. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa referred to him as the "The walking Shiva of Varanasi". Trailing Swami was...

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008)  developed the Transcendental Meditation technique. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati of Jyotirmath in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Maharishi achieved fame as the guru to the Beatles, The...

The Mahanirvani Peeta has been the main Banyan Tree of Sanatana Hindu Dharma from time in memorial till today.  Starting with Sadashiva and through Kapila, Krishna, Buddha, Shankara and others, the Peeta has produced some of the greatest stars of the world who not only produced a new sampradaya but also assimilated and re-organized all the divergent sampradayas of...

The Sanyasis of the Akhada are given names from the Dasanami nomenclature. The Dasamani names are: Saraswathi, Bharathi, Puri, Giri, Parvath, Sagara, Tirtha, Ashrama, Vana, Aranya. The Acharya of the Akhada gives these names based on the aptitude and geography of residence of the Sanyasi.  All 10 names are available for the Acharya Mahamandaleshwars of the Akhada. These names...

Not all these books are accurate. Many contain wild discrepancies in their understanding of the Nirvani Sanyasis and the Mahanirvani Peetam and it's history. There are listed here only for people to understand the different views prevalent in the world. A History of Dasnami Naga Sanyasis Sir Jadunath Sarkar P.A. Mahanirvani - Asceticism - 294 pages Mathew Clark KUMBH MELA History and Religion; Astronomy and...

Chapter 1: The Yogi of Arunachala We live in uncertain times. Perhaps all times are that way to a person who is brooding. It is 4640 years since the beginning of the Yuga of Kali - the age of darkness. Or the age of cleansing, depending on who you talk to. That many years since the end of the great...