Mata Yogananda

Daya Mata, born Rachel Faye Wright, was a spiritual leader and the third president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India for over 55 years. She was a devoted monastic disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and spent nearly eighty years in his ashrams, dedicating her life to disseminating his teachings and overseeing his spiritual and humanitarian work.