Swami Ranganathanandaji of Ramakrishna Order

Swami Ranganathanandaji of Ramakrishna Order
Birth	15 December 1908.
Death	25 April 2005.
Location of Samadhi	Attained samadhi in Belur Mutt of Ramakrishna Order in 2005 after which his body was cremated
Teaching	The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism personally served Swami Ranganathanandaji, the thirteenth president of the Ramakrishna Mutt and Mission while He was in the Ramakrishna Mutt from 1996-1998
Other Names	n/a
Place of Teaching	Ramakrishna Mutt in Mylapore Chennai
Guru	Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Associated Kingdom

Serving Swami Ranganathanandaji

In 1996, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism received mantra deeksha from Swami Ranganathanandaji the 13th President Ramakrishna Mutt and the Ramakrishna Mission upon joining the Ramakrishna Mutt. From 1997-1998, HDH personally served and worked as His first assistant. The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism has named Swami Ranganathanandaji as a spiritual giant of Hinduism who is "the second Vivekananda which the Ramakrishna Mission produced"

HDH regards Swami Ranganathanandaji as a spiritual giant of the modern day, who lived radiating the energy of Sri Ramakrishna Himself. At one point, HDH recalls receiving the famous verse from Bhagavad Gita, "Yogaha Karmasu Koushalam" meaning "Yoga is Efficiency in Action" from Swami Ranganathanandaji as an initiation. As this was an initiation received by Swami Ranganathanandaji, HDH lovingly adopts the Bengali pronunciation of the verse and says instead "Yogaha Karmasu Kouchalam".

References

1. The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism declared Swami Ranganathanandaji as a spiritual giant of Hinduism on 20 August 2020. https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/August_20_2020
2. HDH speaks on the initiation which He received from Swami Ranganathanandaji in the talk "Yoga is Perfection in Action" which He delivered as apart of the Bhagavad Gita series https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita_-_Yoga_is_Perfection_in_Action

Deeksha Initiation by Swami Ranganathanandaji

HDH along with Swami Ranganathanandaji (who is the senior Swami seated next to HDH) along with other initiates during the Mantra Deeksha

On 26 August 1995, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism received Mantra Deeksha from Swami Ranganathanandaji. This was the beginning of SPH's time serving in the Ramakrishna Mutt in Mylapore Chennai in the preliminary days of the revival of KAILASA. The below record is the initiation slip given at the time of the mantra deeksha

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1998 || HDH and Swami Ranganathanandaji

1998 | HDH along with monastic members of the Sri Ramakrishna Order. Here, HDH is seated at the center alongside Swami Ranganathanandaji.