Pravrajika Bhaktiprana

Pravrajika Bhaktiprana
BornOctober 1920
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died11 December 2022(2022-12-11) (aged 102)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationHindu Missionary
Years active1950–2022
Known forexpanding a 10-bedded maternity centre into a 100-bedded modern hospital

Pravrajika Bhaktiprana (October 1920 – 11 December 2022) was an Indian Hindu sannyasini and the fourth president of the Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Dakshineswar, in Kolkata, India. She took over as president of the institution on 2 April 2009.[1] In her name "Pravrajika" means "mendicant nun" and the suffix to her name Bhakti is 'prana' which means "who is devoted to".

  1. ^ "Healer at the helm". Telegraph India. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.