Swarupananda
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Not to be confused with Swarupanand.
Swarupananda (08 July 1871 – 27 June 1906) was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda and the first president of the Advaita Ashrama, set up by Vivekananda in 1899 at Mayavati, near Champawat. The ashram is a branch of the religious monastic order, Ramakrishna Math, also set up by Vivekananda on the teachings of his guru Ramakrishna.
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Born | Ajay Hari Bannerjee (1871-07-08)8 July 1871 Bhawanipore, Calcutta, British India |
Died | 27 June 1906(1906-06-27) (aged 34) |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Monk, editor of Prabuddha Bharata |
Known for | Vedanta |
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Swarupananda remained as editor of Prabuddha Bharata, an English-language monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order, when it shifted base from Chennai in 1898 and remained so till 1906.[1]
Vivekananda exclaimed to Sara Bull and other friends about the young disciple whom he had initiated into the monastic order, "we have made an acquisition today."[2]