Swami Shivananda (1854 - 1934) was born Tarak Nath Ghosal in the village of Barasat in West Bengal. He was the direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna and he was the second president of Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Soul). Swami Shivananda and Swami Subodhananda were the only direct disciples of Shri Ramakrishna who have been filmed. 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Location Barasat is a city in the outskirts of Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙà§à¦—), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙà§à¦—দেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: রামকৃষà§à¦£ পরমহংস), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay (Bangla: গদাধর চটà§à¦Ÿà§‹à¦ªà¦¾à¦§à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¯à¦¼) , (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was one of the most important Hindu religious leaders of India, and is deeply revered by many Hindus and non-Hindus to this date. ... The Ramakrishna Mission is an association founded by Sri Ramakrishnas chief disciple and religious leader, Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897. ... Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: রামকৃষà§à¦£ পরমহংস), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay (Bangla: গদাধর চটà§à¦Ÿà§‹à¦ªà¦¾à¦§à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¯à¦¼) , (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was one of the most important Hindu religious leaders of India, and is deeply revered by many Hindus and non-Hindus to this date. ...
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Shivananda, a short biography & teachings
The saga of a Great Soul, Swami Shivananda - Swami Vividishananda ISBN 628-X
Mahapurush Maharaj as we saw him ISBN 02360
God lived with them - Swami Chetanananda ISBN 02355
Swami Shivananda through his ashram and the dynamic swamis who succeeded him and promoted his doctrine in the West, has been one of the major channels through which sound Eastern knowledge in the form of Yoga and Vedanta has been spread and practised all over the world, especially in North America.
The Universal Prayer of Swami Shivananda inscribed in Hindi and English on a marble column in the ashram has an ecumenical nature and is used by devotees around the world.
The founder of the ashram was Swami Shivananda, born Kuppuswamy Iyer on 8 September, 1887, in the village of Pattamadai in South India.
Swami Shivananda, more popularly known as Mahapurusha Maharaj, was a personality of great force, rich in distinctive colour and individual quality.
His leonine stature and dauntless vigour, his stolid indifference to praise or blame, his spontaneous moods and his profound serenity in times of storm and stress, invested with a singular appropriateness his monastic name which recalls the classical attributes of the great god Shiva.
And in 1922, after the passing away of Swami Brahmananda, he was made the President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, in which post he continued till he end of his life.
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