During his short career in the Indian Army in 1944, he was inspired by a pamphlet, Sadhana Tattwa, written by the yoga guru Sivananda, founder of the Divine Life Society. He entered the Sivananda Ashram by the River Ganges in Rishikesh in 1947 at the age of twenty.
During his brief military career in 1944, he was influenced by a pamphlet titled "Sadhana Tattwa," written by yoga guru Sivananda, founder of the Divine Life Society. He joined the Sivananda Ashram situated by the Ganges River in Rishikesh at age twenty in 1947.