Word: mukunda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Essence of Life." Founder Yogananda (born Mukunda Lai Ghosh) was the son of an Indian banker and railroad executive, began preaching his Westernized version of Indian doctrines in the U.S. in 1920. A California follower recalls that when he met Yogananda, "I knew I had found the essence of life. He had the essence that showed a great peace, a great joy." Since 1955, the sect has been governed by Miss Faye Wright, 49, known in the Fellowship as Daya Mata. Daya Mata joined the sect in Salt Lake City at the age of 17, after Yogananda cured...