Chennai: Hear Superstar Rajinikanth speak about his favourite book, The Autobiography of a Yogi, which is about Paramahansa Yogananda (5 January, 1893–7 March, 1952) first published in 1946.

Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur into a Bengali family.

The book introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of the eastern and western world. It begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation.