Utpalavati / Swamini Vishwalakshmianandama (Lakshmi)

As an author, poet and publisher, one of the joys of my life is to create word pictures that tell a story. When readers communicate that they feel like they are there in the experience as they read, I know that I have successfully fulfilled my writing dharma. Through Kriya OM Press, I publish my spiritual writings. www.KriyaOmPress.com.

In 2006, I met my Satguru, Sri Swami Vishwananda. Consequently, my life’s dharma is to support the spiritual mission of my teachers as a disciple of both Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Swami Vishwananda. Subsequently, after the books Unity With The Divine and the two-volume Journey to Freedom: Bhakti Sutras of Mahavatar Kriya Babaji were published, my spiritual name, Utpalavati, was changed. In August 2011, Sri Swami Vishwananda initiated me (Utpalavati) into his Vaishnava Tradition of Ramanuja Swami Order. My spiritual name now – Swamini Vishwalakshmianandama (Lakshmi) – formerly Utpalavati