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The Life of Shree Shree Swamiji Sunyogi Umasankar JI Maharaj JI: A Journey into Spiritual Enlightenment 🌞
Explore the extraordinary life and teachings of Shree Shree Swamiji Sunyogi Umasankar JI Maharaj JI, an authentic yogi rooted in ancient Vedic tradition. Born June 22, 1967, in Lachhipur, West Bengal, his path fuses direct experience, scientific inquiry, and universal peace.
Authenticity in Yoga
In a commercialised yoga era, Swamiji embodies true yogic essence—a scientist of nature through observation and self-experimentation, rejecting superficial trends for profound transformation.
Global Teacher of Sunyoga
Swamiji travels worldwide, teaching Sunyoga alongside acupressure therapy. His work inspires advanced courses, as in Austria 2023, reaching millions via retreats and healings.
Group from the Advanced Sunyoga Course in Oberzeiring, Austria, 2023.
Early Life and Gurumaa Initiation
Raised in rural simplicity by Shri Srikanth Mohan Bag and Smt. Bimala Bala Bag, Swamiji experienced Samadhi at age 1.5. Gurumaa initiated him into Kriya Yoga via Ajna-to-Anahata light transmission, sparking lifelong inquiry.
Swamiji with his mother Smt. Bimala Bala Bag.
Engineer to Seeker (1995)
A top electrical engineer and businessman, Swamiji donated his enterprise in 1995, joining Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. There, early one morning on the quiet seashore, something shifted profoundly.​
Early one morning in 1995, Sunyogi Umasankar walked to the quiet seashore in Pondicherry to meditate, just as he had countless times before. But on this particular morning, something felt different. As he settled into silence, his attention was naturally drawn to the gentle reflection of the rising sun shimmering across the water. As he watched the light move on the surface of the sea, he felt a profound inner shift—a moment of clarity, peace, and connection that touched him more deeply than any meditation before it. Drawn by this experience, he lifted his gaze toward the sun, not as an act of challenge, but with reverence, curiosity, and an open heart. In that moment of reflection, he sensed a truth that would change the course of his life: the sun—and all of nature—carries a nourishment that goes beyond the physical. A nourishment that can strengthen the mind, uplift the spirit, and bring the heart into balance. For Sunyogi, this wasn’t simply an idea; it was a lived, powerful experience of being supported and sustained by an inner source of energy. This realisation became the foundation for what he later named Sunyoga—a simple yet profound practice of awareness, alignment, and connecting with the inner light that lives within us.​
Swamiji on his 6-year barefoot walk around India, 2001.
Barefoot Pilgrimage Across India (1997–2003)
From February 2, 1997, Swamiji walked 60,000+ km barefoot with one cloth, spreading peace, unity, and brotherhood. Surviving perils through love-gaze, he earned “Surya Yogi” title via healings and endurance
Walking track of Sunyogi starting in Pondicherry in 1997, ending in Lachhipur in 2003.
Mahavatar Babaji Encounter (2007 and 2008)
In December 2007, Himalayan meditation unveiled Mahavatar Babaji—not a stranger, but a quietly guiding presence for years, beyond thought, affirming truth-seeking. In 2008, complete Sunyoga transmission integrated the path as revealed grace, not invention—a gentle doctrine for strength, harmony, and peace.​​
Sunyogi shared that he met Mahavatar Babaji for the first time. He described it not as meeting a stranger, but as recognising a presence that had quietly guided him for years—a wisdom beyond thought, encouraging his search for truth and inner peace. Sunyogi believed that Sunyoga was not invented but revealed—offered to humanity through the grace of Mahavatar Babaji, not as a rigid doctrine, but as a gentle path toward inner strength, harmony, and peace among all people.
Swamiji meets Mahavatar Babaji in the Himalaya mountains.
Intensive Sadhana Retreat (2021–2024)
From 2021 to 2024, Swamiji entered a profound phase of Sadhana for three years of deep meditation, silence, and inner consolidation in the Himalayas, including retreats at Bhojbasa above Gangotri. He focused on integrating decades of spiritual practice while envisioning Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Universe-City (VKU), a sustainable global spiritual society blending self-reliance, organic living, education, and Sunyoga for universal harmony.
Universal Peace Centre & VKU Vision
Co-founded in 1998 in Lachhipur, UPC advances Sunyoga, organic living, and conferences blending science and spirituality. VKU envisions self-reliant ecovillages with education, healing, and harmony for all.
Core Teachings & Spiritual Evolution
Sunyoga harmonises 29 chakras and elements via progressive gazing, pranayama—yielding vitality, clarity, 12 years of foodless living, and 90% Samadhi success. Practice under guidance only.
Swamiji teaches a class in Vadodara.
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Resources
- Autobiography of Sunyogi (3rd English ed., 2020): Details journeys, Iran jail escape (2014), and surviving many dangerous situations.
- 8-hour Sunyoga Documentary – SUNYOGA | Sunyogi Umasankar Biography
- All Sunyogi Books