Swami Prameyananda | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Ramgopal Bhattacharya April 1933 Sylhet, in present dayBangladesh |
| Died | 20 October 2011 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Swami Shankarananda |
Swami Prameyananda (April 1933 – 20 October 2011) was a vice-president of theRamakrishna Order. He was born Ramgopal Bhattacharya in the village of Kani-shail in theSylhet district of what is todayBangladesh, into an orthodoxbrahmin family. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1951 at its Karimganj center. In 1957, he received mantra andBrahmacharya diksha fromSwami Shankarananda, receiving the name Premesha Chaitanya, and in 1961 he receivedSannyasa and the name Swami Prameyananda from hisguru. In 1966, he became secretary toSwami Vireshwarananda, the tenth president of the Order, and served him until the latter's death in 1985. Thereafter, he became the editor of the Bengali-language monthlyUdbodhan from November 1985 to September 1987. In April 1987 he was made a trustee of theRamakrishna Math, and in September came toBelur Math to become the manager. He held that post until he was made a vice president on 27 February 2009. During his tenure as vice president, he granted mantra diksha to 13,066 spiritual seekers.[citation needed]
On 19 October 2011,The Hindu reported that Prameyananda's condition was critical, as he had been admitted to the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan on 9 October, and had been on life-support system since 17 October.[1] He died at 8:25 am on 20 October.[2] TheTimes of India reported that "People came from all over the country to bid adieu."[3]