H.H. Dr. Swami Rama was well known in India as a saint, a great yogi, researcher, writer, and humanitarian, who established the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (H.I.H.T.) in Jolly Grant, near Dehra Dun, Uttar Anchal. The H.I.H.T. began with a hospital, medical school, school of nursing, and a rural development institute and continues to expand in healthcare education and services (www.hihtindia.org).

In America, Swami Rama founded the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the U.S.A. (www.himalayaninstitute.org) in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where people of all walks of life come to learn yoga philosophy and techniques of self-transformation, natural therapy, and self-realization. His was an exemplary life, demonstrating what can be accomplished by authentic spiritual practices and selfless service to humanity. His life is described in the books, Living with the Himalayan Masters, by Swami Rama, and At the Eleventh Hour, by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.