| Names |
SWAMI
RANGANATHANANDA |
| Date of Birth |
December 15, 1908 |
| Date of
Death |
April 25, 2005 |
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Identity |
Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math order.
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1933:
He was initiated as a Sannyasi (monk).
- 1987: He received
the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration,
conferred on the Ramakrishna Mission. .
- 1988:
He was elected to the post of vice-president of
Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
- 1998: He
was elected as the president of the
mission.
- February 1999: He received
the Gandhi Peace Prize, conferred on the
Ramakrishna Mission.
- 2000:
He declined the Padma Vibhushan in 2000 as it
was conferred on him in his individual capacity and not for the
Mission.
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December 2008:
India Post released a postage stamp in the
denomination of Rs 5 to commemorate his 100th birth
anniversary at Kolkata.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
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His birth name is Shankaran Kutty.
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He was known within India as an authority on practical
Vedanta.
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Since the 1960s he made nearly annual lecture tours to various
foreign countries around the globe.
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He is noted for his contributions that bridge Western
science and Vedantic spirituality.
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He has authored over 50 books. The Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan has published around twenty-nine of these books.
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He conducted moral and religious classes for the
prisoners in the Bangalore and Mysore jails.
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In Delhi, he organised social services at hospitals
and worked for the relief of leprosy patients.
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Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh described Swami
Ranganathananda and Swami Vivekananda as "leaders with a
modern mind and scientific temper."
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