Birth centenary celebration of Swami Atmasthananda

Published: 16th Jul, 2022

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PM addressed the birth centenary celebration of Swami Atmasthananda.

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Swami Atmasthananda:

Swami Atmasthananda was the 15th President of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
Swami Atmasthananda was born on the holy Buddha Purnima—the thrice-blessed day on which Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and entered nirvana.
He hailed from Kshetripara of Dinajpur, now in Bangladesh. He was born in 1919.
His pre-monastic name was Satyakrishna.
At the age of 22 years, Satyakrishna joined the Ramakrishna Order at Belur Math.
He was elected a trustee of the Ramakrishna Math and a member of the Governing Body of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1973.
In 1975, he was appointed as an Assistant Secretary of the twin organisations. He also became the Secretary of relief operations of the Math and Mission.
- Under the stewardship of Swami Atmasthananda, the Math and Mission conducted massive relief and rehabilitation services in various parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
He became the General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission in 1992 and continued to be in that post for five years till 1997 when he became a Vice-President of the Order.
In 2007, Swami Atmasthananda was elected the President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
- He was the 15th President of the Order.

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