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Shankarananda (Ramakrishna monk)

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Swami Shankarananda
স্বামী শঙ্করানন্দ
Personal life
Born
Amritalal Sengupta
অমৃতলাল সেনগুপ্ত

(1880-03-09)9 March 1880
Died13 January 1962(1962-01-13) (aged 81)
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
OrderRamakrishna Mission
Religious career
GuruSwami Brahmananda

Swami Shankarananda, (born Amritalal Sengupta; 9 March 1880 – 13 January 1962) was the seventh President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.[1] Join the Ramakrishna Math in 1902.[2] As a student, he attended Swami Vivekananda’s lectures and was drawn to the monastic life by Swami Sadananda, his maternal uncle and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.[3] Amulya was initiated by Swami Brahmananda in 1906. As a beloved disciple and also as a personal attendant of Swami Brahmananda for several years, he had the rare privilege of living with the Swami and of visiting many Math and Mission centres and various places of pilgrimage all over India.

References

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  1. ^ "Important Personalities". Ramakrishna math. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ^ donationsbm. "Swami Shankarananda". Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ^ donationsbm. "Swami Shankarananda". Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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