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Sri Mrinalini Mata was born in in Wichita, Kansas.

Born in in Wichita, Kansas, Mrinalini Mata met Paramahansa Yogananda in December at the age of fourteen and shortly afterwards entered the Guru's.

Mrinalini Mata (born Merna Loy Brown, May 8, – August 3, ) was the fourth president of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.

Mrinalini Mata will always be remembered as one of those preeminent, close disciples around Guruji that, from the very first day, he began to mold and to train.

Daya Mata (Rachel Faye Wright, ) is probably Yogananda's best-known disciple, as she represented him for over half a century as the President of his.

Mrinalini Mata (born Merna Loy Brown, May 8, – August 3, ) was the fourth president of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India..

Mrinalini Mata

President of Self-Realization Fellowship from 2011 to 2017

President of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

In office 2010 (officially announced in 2011) – 2017
Preceded by	Daya Mata
Succeeded by	Brother Chidananda
Personal life
Born	May 8, 1931
Died	August 3, 2017 (aged 86)
Nationality	American
Signature
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Self-Realization Fellowship
Philosophy	Kriya Yoga
Religious career
Guru	Paramahansa Yogananda

Mrinalini Mata (born Merna Loy Brown, May 8, 1931 – August 3, 2017) was the fourth president of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (SRF/YSS), the only church founded by Paramahansa Yogananda to care for and disseminate his teachings.^[1]^[2]

She was born in Wichita, Kansas, USA.

Mrinalini Mata's parents were Vera and William Wesley Brown. She spent most of her youth in Sou