Swami Swahananda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Swami Swahananda

Indian monk

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1921

Date of Death: 19-Oct-2012

Profession: editor

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Swami Swahananda (29 June 1921 – 19 October 2012) was a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India, and the minister and spiritual leader of the Vedanta Society of Southern California from 1976 to 2012.
He also led the Vivekananda Retreat, Ridgely, and the Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC.
He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1947 and received sannyasa, full monastic ordination, in 1956.