Baba Yogendra (7 January 1924 – 10 June 2022) was an Indian artist, pracharak (campaigner) for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and one of the founding members of Sanskar Bharti. He was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018 in the field of arts.
Yogendra campaigned for RSS in Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Bareilly, Budaun and Sitapur. In 1981, RSS created Sanskar Bharti, a unit to promote arts and literature. Yogendra was one of the founding members. He established himself as one of the senior pracharaks (campaigners) for RSS.[1][2][3]
On 11 May 2022, Yogendra suffered a cardiac arrest while he was in Gorakhpur and was admitted in Medanta Hospital the next day. On 27 May, he was moved to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Lucknow for further treatment. On 10 June, he died at the hospital.[2]