Trailanga
Trailinga Swami (also known as Tailang Swami or Telang Swami) was a Hindu yogi and mystic who lived in Varanasi India. In Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda introduces Trailanga Swami as a famous 300-pound swami who mysteriously rarely ate and lived daily life in the nude, "utterly unconscious of his nakedness". He was thought to have lived for over 300 years, to drink deadly poisons with no ill effect, and to sit atop or below the Ganges for long periods of time; all proving that he "lived by divine consciousness."
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Trailanga
- Name
- Trailinga Swami
- Born
- 1607
- Birthplace
- Vizianagaram, India
- Died
- 26 December 1887 (aged 280)
- Place of death
- Varanasi, British India
- Occupation
- Saint, Spiritual teacher
- Known for
- Spiritual teachings
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Trailinga Swami (also known as Tailang Swami or Telang Swami) was a Hindu yogi and mystic who lived in Varanasi India. In Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda introduces Trailanga Swami as a famous 300-pound swami who mysteriously rarely ate and lived daily life in the nude, "utterly unconscious of his nakedness". He was thought to have lived for over 300 years, to drink deadly poisons with no ill effect, and to sit atop or below the Ganges for long periods of time; all proving that he "lived by divine consciousness."
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• Name — Trailinga Swami • Born — 1607 • Birthplace — Vizianagaram, India • Died — 26 December 1887 (aged 280) • Place of death — Varanasi, British India • Death Cause — Old age • Occupation — Saint, Spiritual teacher • Known for — Spiritual teachings • Religion — Hinduism
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- 1.McDermott, Rachel Fell. Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams. Oxford University Press. 145. 2001. 978-0-19-513435-3.
- 2.The Autobiography of a Yogi by Swami Yogananda : Chapter 31. www.hinduwebsite.com.
- 3.Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. The Philosophical Library. Chapter 31, page number varies across publications. 1946.
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