Swami Niramayananda (12.3.1911 - 26.11.1984): Born Bibhutibhushan Banerjee at Nilphamary in Rangpur district. Renounced the world before completing M.Sc. studies. Initiated by Swami Akhandananda at …
Swami Saradeshananda (Gopesh Maharaj)
Pre-monastic name Gopesh Chandra Chakravarty, born in the village of Daspara in Dulali sub-division of Sylhet. In his youth, Gopesh Chandra Chakravorty became close to Indradayal Bhattacharya, later …
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Swami Sarvagatananda
Narayan, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, joined the Order in 1934 and received his mantra-diksha from Swami Akhandanandaji in 1936. Akhandanandaji challenged Narayan to walk a thousand miles to the …
Swami Ritajananda
Swami Ritajananda grew up in Mylapore, Madras and at the age of 25 joined the Order at Belur Math in 1932 and received mantra-diksha from Shivanandaji. He was given sannyasa-diksha by Swami …
Swami Akhandananda
Early Life Swami Akhandananda, or Gangadhar Ghatak, as he was called in his pre-monastic life, was born on 30 September 1864, in Calcutta. Even from his boyhood he was of a deeply …
Swami Shantananda
He was born in 1883 in a respectable family at Howrah, and was known as Khagendranath Mullick in his pre-monastic life. Of a quiet nature he used to be seen meditating in lonely corners even as a boy. …