The 14th President of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Shrimat Swami Gahananandaji Maharaj, illumined soul and spiritual guide of over 142,000 disciples, a tower of strength for his associates and a fountain of love for devotees. A disciple of Shrimat Swami Virajanandaji Maharaj who was Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi's direct disciple, Swami Gahanananda was an ideal karma-yogi who under the tutelage of Swami Dayananda (founder of the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan) built up the erstwhile 550-bed general hospital from its nascent state as a paediatric and maternity hospital through his tireless labour of love for Ramakrishna in the guise of suffering humanity. The world owes an eternal debt to this leonine monk who practised more than he preached the principles of the Vedanta and so set by his living example a high ethical code and a lofty spiritual standard in service to humanity for future generations of monk and man to emulate. My prostrations to my Gurudev who has literally transformed my life. Jai Gurudev!
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