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, …
Swami Sadananda
Swami Sadananda (Gupta Maharaj, 1865-1911) Pre-monastic name Sharatchandra Gupta. Born in the Garpar area of Calcutta on 6.1.1865, brought up at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh where his father, Jadunath, …
Swami Vividishananda
Vividishananda, Swami (Dwijen Maharaj)—Disciple of Swami Brahmananda, joined the Order at Bhubaneswar Math (1919), ordained into sannyasa by Swami Shivananda (1923). Service at Bhubaneswar and Rajkot …
Swami Punyananda (Priya Maharaj)
The swami joined the Order at the Contai Ashrama in 1922 and received his mantra diksha from Swami Shivanandaji and also sannyasa-diksha from him in 1926. As Secretary of the Rangoon Sevashrama (which …
Swami Jagadananda
It was sometime in 1916. Ramani Mohan Bhattacharya from Dulari, Sylhet (presently in Bangladesh), a scholarly Headmaster in a Government High School was expounding a passage on renunciation from the …
Swami Paramananda
Born Suresh Chandra Guha Thakurta, in a distinguished family of Bananipara in Barisal district, youngest son of Ananda Chandra. Motherless at 9 years, came to learn about the Master while reading out …