A GALAXY OF STARS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF RAMAKRISHNA, BRAHMAJNANIS GALORE, THE CHOICE AND MASTER SPIRITS OF THE AGE

Yatiswarananda, disciple of Swami Brahmananda, who carried the message of the Master across the seas to depression-torn Europe in the 1930s and thereafter to the United States in the wake of the Second World War.

Vireswarananda, disciple of Holy Mother, who had ' seen ' Swamiji in 1896 at Madras in infancy in his father's arms but could not quite recall. He joked about it saying that although he had not seen Swamiji but surely Swamiji must have seen him.

Sharvananda, disciple of Swami Brahmananda, was a towering figure, erudite and articulate, about whom Swamiji had said, " If I only had a dozen dedicated souls like you, I could turn this world upside down many times over." He later quit the Vice-Presidency of the Ramakrishna Order and in 1948 started his own Ashrama for the education and empowerment of women.

Shankarananda, the lion-hearted Amulya, disciple of Swami Brahmananda, who had during his Presidency founded the Sri Sarada Math, was another effulgent being of the Order. He was such a radiant personality that in his advanced years as President of the Order his visage resembled that of a god.

Swami Brahmananda, spiritual son of Sri Ramakrishna, first President of the the Ramakrishna Order, a veritable god-like figure striding like a colossus the precincts of the Belur Math, showering grace on future Brahmajnanis.