Swami Abhedananda was born on 2nd October 1866 as Kaliprasad Chandra. He was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He was a forceful orator, prolific writer, yogi and intellectual with devotional fervor. Swami Vivekananda asked him to propagate the message of Vedanta in west, which he did with great success. In 1921, he reurned to India and formed the 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society' in Kolkota. He entered into Mahasamadhi on 8th September 1939.

Trivia

• In 1922, he visited the Hemis monastary in Tibet and translated into English the documents relating to Unknown life of Jesus Christ
• Dr. C. V. Raman and Sir Thomas Alva Edison met swamiji

External links

• Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
• A short biography
• A study of Heliocentric Science - Swami Abhedananda
• An introduction to the study of Panchadasi - Swami Abhedananda
• Bhagavad Gita, the divine message - Swami Abhedananda
• Doctrine of Karma - Swami Abhedananda
• India and her people - Swami Abhedananda
• The complete Works
• from Banglapedia