After receiving mantra-diksha from Swami Shivanandaji Maharaj, he joined the Order in 1926 and had his sannyasadiksha from Swami Vijnananandaji in 1937. Swami Shivanandaji told him “Stay here and …
Swami Premananda
Early Life Sri Ramakrishna used to refer to half a dozen among his disciples as Ishwarakotis (divine and ever free); and to this select group belonged Swami Premananda. Talent and greatness, like …
Swami Swahananda
Swami Swahananda was the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California from 1976 to 2012. He was born in a village near Habiganj in what is now Bangladesh, and was …
Swami Vijnanananda
Early Life Swami Vijnanananda, before he took orders, was known by the name of Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya. He was born on 30 October 1868, in a respectable family of Belgharia, which is …
Swami Trigunatitananda
Early Life The family name of Swami Trigunatitananda was Sarada Prasanna Mitra. He was born in an aristocratic family of 24 Parganas on 30 January 1865. His parents believed that Sarada …
Swami Siddheswarananda (Gopal Maharaj)
Born at Thrissur in the state of Cochin (Kerala) in 1898, son of the second Crown Prince of Cochin state. Graduated from Presidency College, Madras, initiated by Swami Brahmananda (1917). Joined the …
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