Minister and Spiritual Leader of The Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016
Swami Tathagatananda (15 February 1923 – 25 June 2016), was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016, which was the first Vedanta Society in the United States, founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1895.[1][2]
Tathagatananda served as the Assistant Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York from February 1977 under Swami Pavitrananda. He became the Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York in November 1977 after the sudden passing away of Swami Pavitrananda on 18 November 1977.[3][4]
Before going to the United States, as an assistant, Tathagatananda worked at Saradapitha, Deoghar Vidyapith, Chennai Students’ Home. He was the head of Baranagore Mission Ashrama during the year 1975.[5]
^Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 26. ISBN0-253-33098-X.
^ abcSwami., Tathagatananda (2000). The Vedanta Society of New York : a brief survey (1st ed.). New York: Vedanta Society. ISBN096031041X. OCLC47144343.
^Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 110. ISBN0-253-33098-X.
^Swami., Tathagatananda (2008). Albert Einstein : his human side (2nd enl. ed.). New York: Vedanta Society. ISBN978-0960310463. OCLC298130086.
^Tathagatananda, Swami (2005). Journey of the Upanishads to the West (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, Publication Dept. ISBN8175052732. OCLC296289034.
^Swami., Tathagatananda (2005). Light from the Orient : essays on the impact of India's sacred literature on the West. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama Publication Dept. ISBN8175052775. OCLC70859516.
