Swami Shankarananda
স্বামী শঙ্করানন্দ
Personal
Born
Amritalal Sengupta
অমৃতলাল সেনগুপ্ত

(1880-03-09)9 March 1880
Baje Pratappur, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India)
Died13 January 1962(1962-01-13) (aged 81)
Belur Math, West Bengal, India
ReligionHinduism
OrderRamakrishna Mission
Religious career
GuruSwami Brahmananda
Disciples

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

  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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