In his youth he sought out many of India's sages and saints, hoping to find an illuminated teacher to guide him in his spiritual quest.Yogananda's seeking after various saints mostly ended when he met his, in 1910, at the age of 17. According to his younger brother, Sananda, from his earliest years young Mukunda's awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. Yogananda at age sixYogananda was born in, India, to a devout family.