Swami Kumarananda ji (Yatiraj Maharaj) expired at a hospital in Bengaluru on 17 June at 3.10 am. He was 79 and had been suffering from renal disease and hypertension for some years. Initiated by Swami Madhavananda ji Maharaj, he joined the Order in 1960 at Chennai Math and received sannyasa diksha from Swami Vireshwarananda ji Maharaj in 1970. He served as an assistant at Chennai Math, Ranchi Sanatorium and Nattarampalli centres, and later as the head of Nattarampalli centre for about 14 years. After relinquishing the headship in November 2001, he had been staying at Ooty, Kankhal and Halasuru centres as a retired monk. The swami was simple, amiable and austere by nature.
From : The Official Obituary July 2018
