a career Indian Diplomat, is from a prominent Kayastha family of Allahabad. Few influential and liberal Kayastha God-men of the 20th century are Swami   Prabhupada (Hare Krishna Movement-ISKCON),   Maharshi Mahesh Yogi (Transcendental Meditation),   Sri Aurobindo (Integral yoga),   Paramahansa Yogananda (:of ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ fame & Kriya