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Our updated Terms of Use will become effective on May 25, 2012. Find out more. Gurumayi Chidvilasananda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Chidvilasananda) Jump to: navigation, search Chidvilasananda Gurumayi Chidvilasananda in 1984. Born June 24, 1955 (age 56) Bangalore Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Swami Chidvilasananda) is the monastic name of Malti Shetty (Mumbai, India, June 24, 1955), who is the current guru of the Siddha Yoga lineage. She is formally known as Swami Chidvilasananda or more casually as Gurumayi (the word translates to Guru Mother[1]). The Siddha Yoga lineage (parampara) was established by Bhagawan Nityananda, whose disciple Swami Muktananda was Gurumayi's guru. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 By Chidvilasananda 2.2 About Chidvilasananda 3 References 4 External links [edit] Biography She was the oldest child of a Mumbai restaurateur; he and his wife were devotees of Swami Muktananda in the 1950s. She was brought the first time to the Gurudev Siddha Peeth ashram at Ganeshpuri when she was five years old. During her childhood, her parents brought her, her sister, and two brothers to the ashram on weekends.[2] After she had been initiated by Muktananda through shaktipat at age fourteen,[3] she moved to the ashram as a formal disciple and yoga student. [4] At age fifteen, Muktananda made her his official English language translator and she accompanied him on his world tours.[