Akhandananda

Swami Akhandananda
Akhandananda (1864 -1937 )
Personal life
Born
Gangadhar Ghatak (Gangophadyay)

(1864-09-30)30 September 1864
Ahiritola, Calcutta, Bengal presidency, British India
Died7 February 1937(1937-02-07) (aged 72)
Belur Math, Belur, Bengal presidency, British India
Honors3rd president of Ramakrishna math and mission
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophyAdvaita Vedanta
Religious career
GuruSri Ramakrishna
PredecessorSwami Shivananda
SuccessorSwami Vijnanananda
Disciples
  • Swami Sarvagatananda and others
Quotation

The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted - let these be your God. Know that service to these is the highest religion.

Swami Akhandananda (1864–1937) was a swami and direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, a 19th-century mystic. He was the third president of the Ramakrishna Mission.

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