Swami Nikhilananda

This article is about the founder of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center New York. For the Canadian born religious leader, see Swami Nikhilanand.

Swami Nikhilananda
Personal
Born
Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta

1895
Durgapur Village, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency, British India ( Now in Bangladesh)
DiedJuly 21, 1973
Wellesley Island, New York
ReligionHinduism
Religious career
GuruSarada Devi

Swami Nikhilananda (1895–1973), born Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta[1] was a direct disciple of Sri Sarada Devi. In 1933, he founded the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York, a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, and remained its head until his death in 1973. An accomplished writer and thinker, Nikhilananda's greatest contribution was the translation of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita from Bengali into English, published under the title The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942).[2]

  1. ^ "Swami Nikhilananda". Prabuddha Bharata. 1973.
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