Param Pujya Swami Nityananda Giri Maharaj was born on Sunday, the 2nd January 1955. Bring averse to worldly life he began to look for the ultimate truth and came in touch with different saints of India. He was initiated in Kriya Yoga by the great Acharya Shrimat Swami Suddhananda Giri Maharaj on the 2nd January 1976. Subsequently had the permission to become an Ashramite of Sevayatan, Jhargram, West Bengal in 1978. Since his entry in Sevayatan, he began penance, started with the full inspiration of his preceptor. In 1982 he was initiated to Brahmacharya by Srimat Swami Bhabananda Giri Maharaj. Then after he left for Varanasi with a view of getting knowledge on Vedanta. While studying in Varanasi, he had the occasion to come in touch with Shri Satyacharan Lahiri, the grandson of Lahiri Baba. He went through Vedanta at Sampurnananda University, Varanasi for long period of 12 years. There he had been awarded Vedantacharya with first class. He then proceeded to solitary caves of the Himalayas at Gangotri for deep meditation. He practiced meditation in the desolate valley of Kashmir. Hatha Yoga, Raj Yoga and Kriya Yoga were fully mastered by him and was declared Yogacharya in Varanasi.
He had three ashramas now in different places in India and his time is fully engaged in teaching different Yogas to the aspirants. His life goal is to create a society that has high spiritual values.