125 Rupees India Govt. Mint 125th Birth Anniversary Of Paramhansa Yogananda Commemorative coin (Rs.125 Coin)
Commemorative Coins :
manufacturing circulation coins. These coins are issued to commemorate events of historical
and social importance and to celebrate various accomplishments of public and private
organizations. India Government Mint, Mumbai has been releasing commemorative coins since
1964. The commemorative coins issued by the Mint are of very high quality and have a great
demand among coin collectors and numismatists.
Commemorative coins are of two types
Proof Coins
Uncirculated Coins
Proof Coins:
Proof coins are the high quality commemorative coins which have a frozen effect on the surface
design of the coin with a mirror finish. These coins are marked with the symbol 'M' to indicate
that they are manufactured at Mumbai Mint. These coins are sold at a premium price as they
are manufactured with high quality standards and have high numismatic value.
Uncirculated Coins:
Uncirculated coins are the high quality commemorative coins which have mirror finish on the
surface but without any frozen effect on the design. These coins are marked with a diamond
symbol to indicate they are stamped at Mumbai Mint. The uncirculated coins are also sold at
premium but they are priced a little lower than the proof coins.
History
In 1964 production of commemorative coins was started. The first commemorative coin was in the memory of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Theme Description
PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi is widely recered as one of the preeminent spiritual figures of our time. He was born as Mukunda Lal Ghosh on January 5, 1893, in orakhpur. In 1910,at the age of 17, he met his guru Swami Sri Yukteswar giri. In 1915, he became a monk of the ancient Swami order, at which time he received the name Yogananda. Paramhansa Yogananda founded Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) in 1917, and in 1920, he carried India’s sacred, soul-liberating science of Raja Yoga to the West where he established Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). The non-sectarian and scientific yoga teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda have a universal appeal to people of all faiths and walks of life. Autobiography of a Yogi, Yoganandaji’s life story, was published in 1946. It remains one of the most important, and most readable, works of Yoga meditation. On march 7, 1952, the great guru entered mahasamadhi.
