Swami Rudrananda
| Swami Rudrananda | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Order | Ramakrishna Mission |
| Philosophy | Vedanta |
| Personal | |
| Born | Muthukrishnan 11 March 1901 Manalmedu village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | 30 June 1985 Fiji |
| Guru | Swami Shivananda |
Swami Rudrananda ( 11 March 1901– 30 June 1985) born Muthukrishnan, was an Indian Hindu monk, a disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna's direct disciple Swami Shivananda.
He was born in a wealthy family in Manalmedu village of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India.His parents are Kothandaraman, Bhagyam.He was their first son.
Initially he was interested in social reforming and in congress party of India and he likes the poems of Subramanya Bharathi and he was attracted towards the words of Swami Vivekananda.
In the year 1923, Mayavaram faced a heavy rain and flooded. As a flood relief measure Saints from Ramakrishna Mission reached the local areas which were affected by flood.They needed a local person to interact effectively with the flood affected people to measure the severity of flood. As Muthukrishnan knows Tamil, Telugu and English, he helped them.In that time he was very much attracted towards the Ramakrishna Order.And in the age of 25 he decided to join Ramakrishna Order. And his mother was fully supportive of his idea. Whereas his father was shocked. But sooner due to his mother's support his father also supported his idea.
Kalki Krishnamurthy was his childhood friend.And to Kalki, his friend Muthukrishnan was a very courageous boy who supported him when he was threatened by other boys.
He worked as an editor for Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam magazine for sometime.During that time, as per Swami Rudrananda's request, Kalki Krishnamurthy translated the book "Our Mother Land" of Swami Vivekananda in Tamil
He was sent to Fiji by the Ramakrishna Mission in 1939, as Swami Avinashananda moved to SriLanga, to assist the Then India Sanmarga Ikya (T.I.S.I.) Sangam in its religious and cultural activities.Swami Rudrananda consolidated and expanded the activities of T.I.S.I. Sangam based at Sangam Ashram in Nadi.
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