Swami Tathagatananda

Swami Tathagatananda
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
Philosophy	Vedanta
Personal
Born	Feb 17, 1923
Died	June 25, 2016 (aged 93)
Guru	Swami Virajananda
Honors	Minister and Spiritual Leader of The Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016

Swami Tathagatananda (Feb 17, 1923 – June 25, 2016), was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016. Initiated by Swami Virajananda in 1945, a disciple of Sarada Devi and secretary of Swami Vivekananda, he officially joined the Ramakrishna Order as a monk in 1955 and had his sannyasa from Swami Madhavananda in 1965.

Tathagatananda served as the Assistant Minister of Vedanta Society of New York from February 1977 under Swami Pavitrananda. He became the Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York in November 1977 after the passing away of Swami Pavitrananda on 18 November 1977.

Before going to the United States, Tathagatananda worked at Saradapitha, Deoghar Vidyapith, Chennai Students’ Home as an assistant. He was head of Baranagore Mission Ashrama during 1975.

Tathagatananda has written, translated, and edited books in English and Bengali.

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