Swami Tathagatananda

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rdf:langString Swami Tathagatananda

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rdf:langString Swami Tathagatananda (15 February 1923 – 25 June 2016), was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016, which was the first Vedanta Society in the United States, founded my Swami Vivekananda in 1895. Born as Laxminarayan Bhattacharya in West Bengal, India, he was initiated in 1945 into the spiritual order by Swami Virajananda, a disciple of Sarada Devi and secretary of Swami Vivekananda. He officially joined the Ramakrishna Order as a brahmachari (trainee-student monk) in 1955 and had his sannyasa diksha (bestowal of full monkhood in accordance with the Hindu Advaita-Vedanta tradition) from Swami Madhavananda in 1965. Tathagatananda served as the Assistant Minister of Vedanta Society of New York from February 1977 under Swami Pavitrananda. He became the Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York in November 1977 after the sudden passing away of Swami Pavitrananda on 18 November 1977. Before going to the United States, Tathagatananda worked at Saradapitha, Deoghar Vidyapith, Chennai Students’ Home as an assistant. He was the head of Baranagore Mission Ashrama during the year 1975.

rdf:langString Minister and Spiritual Leader of The Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016