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Swami Brahmanand was born as Rakhal Chandra Ghosh on 21 January 1863 (Bangla year 1269 on month Magha 8) at Shikrakulin village near Calcutta. His were Anand Mohan Ghosh and Kailaskamini. Her mother being a devotee of Lord Krishna named him Rakhal, a shepherd boy. He lost his mother at age 5 and his father remarried. His stepmother Hemangini raised him with affection and care along with his stepbrothers. In 1875 he moved to Kolkata (then Calcutta) after finishing primary education in village school where he met Narandranath Dutta, who later became famous as Swami Vivekananda at Brahmo Samaj service, a social reform movement run by Keshab Chandra Sen. Rakhal Chandra married Vishweshwari in 1881, the sister of Manomohan Mitra and a close relative of Ramchandra Dutta, both famous as household disciples of Shri Ramakrishna.[1]
- ^ Prabhananda, Swami (2006). Brahmanand Charit (in Hindi). Ramakrishna Math.
Around 1882 Rakhal Chandra started staying with Shri Ramakrishna at Dakshineshwar and used to accompany him while he visited devotees at Kolkata. [1]
After demise of Shri Ramakrishna his lay disciples started living in Varahnagar Math the first monastery created by Swami Vivekananda. Rakhal also moved in along with Sardananda, Ramakrishnananda, Abhedananda, Advaitananda and others.[2] In January 1887 the disciples of Shri Ramakrishna took formal vows of renunciation and adopted different names according to Hindu traditions. Rakhal Chandra Ghosh became Swami Brahmananda.[3]
Swami Brahmananda travelled to Orrisa in 1887 along with Sri Sarada Devi. In 1889 he travelled to Himalaya, northern and western India as wandering monk and performed austerities along holy river Ganges and Narmada and visited various holy places of pilgrimage like Prayagraj, Rishikesh, Vrindavan, Ayodhya, Onkareshwar.[4] Swami Brahmananda performed strict austerities for 9 years travelling various holy places all over India, after demise of his guru Shri Ramakrishna.[5]
On May 1, 1897, at the house of Balram Bose a household devotee of Shri Ramakrishna, a meeting was conducted by disciples of Shri Ramakrishna in which Ramakrishna Mission came into being. Swami Vivekananda was elected as its president and Swami Brahmananda was elected as its Calcutta branch.
After the passing away of Swami Vivekananda the full responsibility of guiding the mission fell upon him and he fulfilled his duties as president with love and compassion towards everyone lay and household disciples alike.[6] His disciples include Swami Madhvananda, Swami Yatiswarananda, Swami Vireswarananda and many of the venerated monks of Ramakrishna order. His disciple Swami Madhvananda and Swami Vireswaranand became 9th and 10th presidents of Ramakrishna Mission. During his tenure as the President of the Ramakrishna Mission expanded greatly by establishing new centres in India and abroad.
He left his mortal body on 10 April 1922 at Balram Bose house in Calcutta. He was cremated on the bank of holy Ganges at Belur Math.[9] He is also regarded as the spiritual son of Shri Ramakrishna. [10] and Swami Vivekanand praised him by calling Spiritual dynamo.
- ^ Gupta, Mahendranath (2012). Ramakrishna Vachnamrita [Gospel of Ramakrishna] (in Hindi) (2 ed.). Nagpur, India: Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur.
- ^ Vimlatmananda, Swami (2012). Ramakrishna Sangh ka Homkund Varahnagar Math (in Hindi). Nagpur, India: Ramakrishna Math.
- ^ Gambhirananda, Swami (1986). Ramakrishna Bhaktamalika-1 (in Hindi) (2nd ed.). Ramakrishna Math.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gambhirananda, Swami (2007). Yugnayak Vivekananda (in Hindi). Ramakrishna Math. p. 117.
- ^ https://estudantedavedanta.net/uploads/1/0/9/5/109527077/swami_brahmananda_spiritual_son_srk.pdf.
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