1) The document appears to be about the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India branch ashram and school in Ranchi, India founded by Sri Yogananda Giri in 1917. 2) The school taught yoga, meditation, and Yogoda energization exercises to students. 3) Sri Yogananda Giri discovered the principles of Yogoda, a system of health and physical development, in 1916 which were taught at the Ranchi school.

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Y OGODA SAT SANG A SOCIET Y OFY OGODA SAT SANG A SOCIET Y OF INDIAINDIA,, RANCHIRANCHI

2. God is the Honey, organizations
are the hives; both are
necessary. Any form is useless,
of course, without the spirit, but
why should you not start busy
hives full of the spiritual nectar?
SRI YUKTESHWARSRI YUKTESHWAR
COUNSEL TO SRICOUNSEL TO SRI
YOGANANDA GIRIYOGANANDA GIRI

3. RANCHI YOGODA MONASTERYRANCHI YOGODA MONASTERY
…This town in Bihar, about 200 miles from Calcutta, is blessed with one of
the most healthful climates in India.

4. The Ranchi students are taught
yoga meditation, and a unique
system of health and physical
development, Yogoda, whose
principles I discovered in 1916.
SRI YOGANANDASRI YOGANANDA
GIRI ON YOGODA,GIRI ON YOGODA,
RANCHIRANCHI

7. By the simple Yogoda
techniques, one may
consciously and instantly
recharge his life force (centered
in the medulla oblongata) from
the unlimited supply of cosmic
energy.
SRI YOGANANDASRI YOGANANDA
GIRI ON YOGODAGIRI ON YOGODA
TECHNIQUESTECHNIQUES

8. YOGODA TRAININGYOGODA TRAINING
…The boys at Ranchi responded well to Yogoda training, developing
extraordinary ability to shift the life force from one part of the body to
another part and to sit in perfect poise in difficult asanas.

9. With twenty fertile acres at our
disposal, the students, teachers,
and I enjoyed daily periods of
gardening and other outdoor
work.
SRI YOGANANDASRI YOGANANDA
GIRI ON RANCHIGIRI ON RANCHI
ASHRAMASHRAM

10. We had many pets, including a young deer that was fairly idolized by the children.
I, too, loved the fawn so much that I allowed it to sleep in my room. At the light of
dawn the little creature would toddle over to my bed for a morning caress – Sri
Yogananda Giri

13. One of Lahiri Mahasaya’s
favorite remarks, with which he
would encourage his students to
persevere in mediation. It is
literally: “Making, Making, some
day made.”
BANAT, BANAT,BANAT, BANAT,
BAN JAIBAN JAI

14. The unique feature at Ranchi is
the initiation into Kriya Yoga.
The boys daily practice their
spiritual exercises.

15. Joy comes to my heart, to see
that Lahiri Mahasaya’s ideals for
the proper training of youth are
being carried on in this
institution.
SWAMISWAMI
PRANABANANDAPRANABANANDA
ONON YOGODA,YOGODA,
RANCHI, 1918RANCHI, 1918

16. LITCHI TREELITCHI TREE
…In 1917, Swami Yogananda Giri began his life work under the large
canopy of this Litchi Tree.

17. The consciousness of a
perfected yogi is effortlessly
identified not with a narrow body
but with the universal structure.

18. He who knows himself as the
omnipresent Spirit is subject no
longer to the rigidities of a body
in time and space.

19. Free from matter-consciousness, free from the three dimensions of space and the
fourth dimension of time, a master transfers his body of light with equal ease over
or through the light rays of earth, water, fire and air.

23. Long concentration on the
liberating spiritual eye has
enabled the yogi to destroy all
delusions concerning matter and
its gravitational weight; he sees
the universe as the Lord created
it: an essentially undifferentiated
mass of light.

24. LET THERE BE LIGHTLET THERE BE LIGHT
…A yogi who through perfect meditation has merged his consciousness
with the Creator perceives the cosmical essence as light (vibrations of life
energy)

26. “If therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of
light.” He who knows himself as
the Omnipresent Spirit is subject
no longer to the rigidities of a
body in time and space.

27. In measuring the worth of a man, a saint employs an invariable criterion, one far
different from the shifting yardsticks of the world. Humanity – so variegated in its
own eyes! – is seen by a master to be divided into only two classes: ignorant men
who are not seeking God, and wise men who are – Sri Yogananda Giri.

32. Administration building of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Branch Math and
Ashram, Ranchi.

33. In his Autobiography, Paramahansaji writes: "America!
Surely these people are Americans!" This was my
thought as a panorama of Western faces passed before
my inward view. Immersed in meditation, I was sitting
behind some dusty boxes in the storeroom of the Ranchi
school....The vision continued; a vast multitude, gazing
at me intently, swept actor like across the stage of
consciousness. On this very sacred spot stands the
Smriti Mandir, a tall hexagonal all marble temple with
decorative lace wall on all the sides and a large lotus
dome, a memorial to t he world wide mission that took its
first step there.
Smriti Mandir

35. Yogoda exercises was discovered in 1916.
Yogoda Energization Exercises.
Yogoda exercises is Pranayama.
Yogodans are seen actively practicing.

36. Main entrance to English Pandal
Hindi Pandal Altar.
Yogodans assembling for satsanga.
English Pandal Altar.

37. Friends help one another with
love and care.
During recess, a brief and
uplifting session of pranic
healing.

38. A lady gets loving care from a
pranic healer in a garden nook.

39. A few members of YSDK, CHENNAI gather for a group picture.

43. Friends of YSDK, Chennai.

45. The ashram campus offers several
beautifully landscape gardens with
varieties of plants and trees. These
gardens offer an opportunity to let go and
relax in body, mind, and spirit. Several
meditation benches are provided for those
who want to meditate or just absorb the
peace and tranquillity of this spiritual
place.
Meditation Gardens

46. The Fountain in front of the Administration Building.

47. Streaks of light at the break of dawn.

48. Dhyana Mandir, Yogoda-Ranchi

49. Elegantly decorated Altar for Sharad Sangam, 2015

51. Calcutta Airport

52. Forest Pond, Calcutta Airport

53. Kabir, Calcutta Airport

54. Calcutta Airport

55. Maxwell & Srini at Calcutta
Airport.
Chennai Airport

56. Maxwell with the “Masks of Bengal”, Calcutta Airport.