Niranjanananda (1862-1904) was one of the main saint of Ramakrishna Mission, and the direct disciple of Ramakrishna. His birth name was Nityaniranjan ghosh. LIFE He was born in a village of West Bengal. He lived in Kolkata with his uncle. Even at his younger age, he was very much interested in learning the vedas andRead More →

SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA – FOLLOWER OF RAMAKRISHNA INTRODUCTION Swami Shantatmananda is a saint in the Ramakrishna Mission and he is a great scholar and a spiritual personality, and at present, he is administering the Ramakrishna Mission – Delhi Centre. He worked in the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Mutt for several years, and heRead More →

SWAMI SMARANANANDA INTRODUCTION Swami Smaranananda is a saint and the president of the Ramakrishna Mission. Smaranananda was born in the year 1929, in a village in Thanjavur in a pious Hindu family. He received Sanyasa from Swami Shankarananda, and become the administrative head of the Mumbai centre. And after some time, he went to Kolkata Ramakrishna Mission, andRead More →

SWAMI TADATMANANDA INTRODUCTION Swami Tadatmananda (1932 – 2008) had joined in the Ramakrishna Mutt, California centre during the year 1959, and he has become a saint in the year 1971. His birth name was John Markovich, and he was born in Michigan in the year 1932 to a pious ChristianRead More →

SWAMI TAPASYANANDA INTRODUCTION Swami Tapasyananda served as a saint in the Ramakrishna Mission, and he was a disciple of Swami Shivananda, one of the chief disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. He was a great scholar, and he has written many books in English, and also translated the Hindu scriptures in English. His translation of Bhagavata PuranaRead More →