Paramahansa Yogananda founds the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles to teach Kriya Yoga in the West; his Autobiography of a Yogi (1946) becomes one of the most read Hindu books of the century, carrying yoga's spiritual frame to a global audience.
Tagged: Hindu Hindu Reform Movements
The Event
- Date
- 1920 (exact)
- Era
- Colonial; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- Los Angeles; today California, United States
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Hindu Reform Movements
- Key figures
- Paramahansa Yogananda
- Key texts
- Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
Primary Sources
- Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
Secondary Sources
- King, Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the Mystic East (Routledge, 1999)
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
Provenance: HIST-0334; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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