Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda was a great ascetic of modern India who worked ceaselessly for over four decades, spreading the Vedantic message of peace and happiness to the classes and masses around the globe.
Balakrishna Menon was born on 8th May 1916, at Ernakulam, Kerala. He was an inquisitive and intelligent child. The musician saint, Chattambi Swamigal predicted a bright spiritual future for the boy.