Swami Atmasthananda, the fifteenth President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, was born in May 1919 at Sabajpur, near Dhaka (now in Bangladesh). His pre-monastic name was Satyakrishna. …
Swami Kalyanananda
Swami Kalyanananda (1874-1937) Pre-monastic name Dakshinaranjan Guha. Born in Harua village of Barisal district, only child of Umesh Chandra. Fatherless in childhood, studied up to Entrance class …
Swami Sarvadevananda
Swami Sarvadevananda, the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India. He lived near Belur Math from 1960 onward, and thus …
Swami Abhedananda
Early Life Swami Abhedananda was one of those rare souls who gathered around the magnetic personality of Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar and afterwards became instrumental in the fulfilment of his …
Swami Prakashananda
Swami Prakashananda (1874-1927) Sushilchandra Chakravarty in pre-monastic life, son of Ashutosh and younger brother of Sudhir (later Swami Shuddhananda), born on 8.7.1874 at ancestral home on …
Swami Dayananda (Bimal Maharaj)
Dayananda, Swami (Bimal Maharaj)—Born of noble-hearted parents in a well-off family of Baganchra (Nadia), the Swami possessed the great qualities necessary for leading the higher ideal of life. Was …