Swami Swahananda

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 , and the . He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1947 and received sannyasa, full monastic ordination, in 1956.

Swami Swahananda

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 , and the . He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1947 and received sannyasa, full monastic ordination, in 1956.