Swami Vimalananda (1872-1908) Disciple of Holy Mother and monastic disciple of Swamiji, Khagendranath Chattopadhyay in pre-monastic life, son of Benimadhab. Born at Baganda in Hooghly district. …
Swami Prabhavananda
Prabhavananda, Swami (1893-1976)—Distinguished scholarly monk of the Order. Abanikumar Ghosh in pre-monastic life, born in Surmanagar village of Bankura district. Educated at Calcutta and inspired by …
Swami Subodhananda
Early Life The early name of Swami Subodhananda was Subodh Chandra Ghosh. He was born in Calcutta on 8 November 1867 and belonged to the family of Shankar Ghosh, who owned the famous Kali temple at …
Swami Pavitrananda
Pavitrananda, Swami (Bhupen Maharaj)—Disciple of Swami Brahmananda (1919). Joined the Order at Belur Math (25.7.1922) and ordained into sannyasa by Swami Shivananda (1923). Participated in …
Swami Vandananada
M. A. Narayan Iyengar, born in 1915 in Bengaluru, was the grandson of Sri Narayana Iyengar a disciple of Holy Mother Sarada Devi who later took sannyasa and came to be known as Swami Srivasananda. …
Swami Achalananda
Disciple of Swamiji, pre-monastic name Kedarnath Moulik. Born in 1876 in Sonarpur area of Varanasi, son of Shambhuchandra, Secretary of Kashi Haribhakti Pradayini Sabha. Motherless in childhood, …