Bhuteshananda
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Swami Bhuteshananda | |
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Born | Vijay Chandra Dey (Pre-Monastic name) 8 September 1901 Swami Ranganathananda |
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Swami Bhuteshananda was born on 8 September 1901 at Somsar (an interior village) in Bengal Presidency. His premonastic name was Vijay Chandra. His father was Purna Chandra Roy and his mother Charubala Devi. In his student life, he met Jnan Maharaj (a direct disciple of Swami Vivekananda). Under influence of his and some other spiritual young boys, he started to go to Belur Math frequently and he met many of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. He graduated from Government Sanskrit College (Kolkata, then Calcutta) where he mastered Bengali, English and Sanskrit. Due to his visits to the Math, one day he went to the Math to become Monk (Sannyasi), but as his studies was not completed, he was asked to come later. This made him leave his residence and he built a Shiva temple in Baghbazar (Calcutta) and lived there like a renunciate monk, practicing intense Tapasya. He was present during the funeral of Sri Sarada Devi, in December 1920.
In 1921
In 1936, he was appointed the president of the Ramakrishna Math,
During twenty-three years as vice president and President of the Order he travelled to many countries including
He died on 10 August 1998. On 18 December 2015, a new temple and monastery were inaugurated at Somsar, his ancestral village in Bankura district.
References
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- ^ "Swami Bhuteshananda (1989–1998) – Vedanta Society of St. Louis". vedantastl.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ donationsbm. "Swami Bhuteshananda". Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ #Reminiscence of#Swami #Bhuteshnanda ji Maharaj By Swami Nityamuktananda ji ( a glimpse), retrieved 31 December 2021