Nikhilananda, Swami—A disciple of the Holy Mother, joined the Order at the Mayavati centre in 1922 and had sannyasa in 1924 from Swami Saradananda. Was at Mysore Ashrama for two years for special …
Swami Vimalananda
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. …