Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Swami Ananyananda - An Announcement

Swami Ananyananda ji Maharaj, aged 92, a very senior monk of  Ramakrishna Mission,  passed away  yesterday in Kolkata. His body was cremated last night at Belur Math. 
He worked closely with Revered Swami Ranganathananda ji Maharaj and succeeded him as President of the Hyderabad Ashrama. His company  used to be a source of much pleasure and encouragement to all those who came in contact with him.
He was a tireless and painstaking proof-reader and avid reader. During his last years he rarely read new books but made an exception in the case Tiya by Samarpan, reading which gave him immense pleasure. So he said to me.
He was one of the dwindling number of the fortunate people who had seen with their own mortal eyes the great souls who received the blessings of Sri Ramakrishna in their life. Swami Ananyananda had the darshan of Swami Nirmalananda in Bangalore sometime between 1935 and 1938. He saw him from a little distance but was scared to go near him. So said Swami Ananyananda to me.


Hari Om Ramakrishna
Durga Durga

Swami Ananyananda Facts :
Joined in Ramakrishna Math in Madras in late 1930s.

Initiation and Sannyasa from Swami Virajananda
Worked in Karachi, Kurukshetra Relief, England, Nattarampalli, Hyderabad, etc.
- President of advaita ashrama : 1978 to 1988 ; edited many English
Books published or reprinted during these years.
- editor of prabuddha bharata:  1959 to 1961
Author of :
1. Essentials-Hinduism-by Swami-Ananyananda, Published from Vedanta
Society, England
2. A bird's eye view of the Upanisads from Institute of Culture
3. An Editor's Handbook from Institute of Culture

Some links :

http://www.rkmath.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Ashrama
http://www.advaitaashrama.org/presidents
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_bird_s_eye_view_of_the_Upanisads.html?id=Ii3BpwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Essentials-Hinduism-Swami-Ananyananda-Paperback-1969-/87357611



Samarpan's Tiya :
http://tiyahans.blogspot.in
http://greatliteraryworks.blogspot.in/2011/06/tiya-parrots-journey-home.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview_be-unique-dr-apj-abdul-kalam-to-youth_1639077
http://samarpanananda.blogspot.in

Some Photos :