His guru was Bhagawan Nityānanda (1897?-1961), who himself is sometimes said to have had no guru. His student and successor is named Swāmi Nityānanda (b. 1962).
Charles S.J. White, Swāmi Muktānanda and the Enlightenment through Śakti-Pāt, History of Religions, vol. 13, no. 4 (May 1974), pp. 306-322.
