Shivananda

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Swami Shivananda
Shivananda
Personal
Born	Tarak Nath Ghosal (1854-12-16)16 December 1854 Barasat, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died	20 February 1934(1934-02-20) (aged 79) Belur Math, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Religion	Hinduism
Organization
Order	Ramakrishna Mission
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta
Religious career
Guru	Sri Ramakrishna
Disciples Swami Gambhirananda Swami Tapasyananda Swami Ranganathananda Swami Rudrananda Kamala Nehru

Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Soul). Shivananda and Subodhananda were the only direct disciples of Ramakrishna to be filmed. He was a Brahmajnani ("knower of Brahman or the Supreme Being").^[1] Shivananda introduced the celebration of the birthdays of his brother-monks. He was known to have laid the foundation stone of Shri Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math, which was designed by Vijnanananda.