Shankarananda (Ramakrishna monk)

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{{Infobox Hindu leader

| name = Swami Shankarananda

| native_name = স্বামী শঙ্করানন্দ

| image =

| alt =

| caption = Swami Shankarananda

| religion = Hinduism

| birth_name = Amritalal Sengupta
অমৃতলাল সেনগুপ্ত

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1880|3|09}}

| birth_place = Baje Pratappur, Bengal Presidency, British India
{{small|(now in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India)}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|1|13|1880|3|09}}

| death_place = Belur Math, West Bengal, India

| order = Ramakrishna Mission

| guru = Swami Brahmananda

|predecessor =Swami Virajananda

|successor =Swami Vishuddhananda

|disciples =

Swami Smaranananda
Swami Prameyananda
Swami Vagishananda
Swami Prabhananda
Pravrajika Anandaprana and others

}}

Swami Shankarananda, (born Amritalal Sengupta; 9 March 1880 – 13 January 1962) was the seventh President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

{{cite web| title = Important Personalities |publisher= Ramakrishna math| url = http://www.rkmathharipad.org/our-centre/important-personalities/

| accessdate = 2013-11-25}} Join the Ramakrishna Math in 1902.{{Cite web |last=donationsbm |title=Swami Shankarananda |url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-shankarananda/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Belur Math – Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |language=en-US}} As a student, he attended Swami Vivekananda's lectures and was drawn to the monastic life by Swami Sadananda, his maternal uncle and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.{{Cite web |last=donationsbm |title=Swami Shankarananda |url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-shankarananda/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Belur Math – Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |language=en-US}} Amulya was initiated by Swami Brahmananda in 1906. As a beloved disciple and also as a personal attendant of Swami Brahmananda for several years, he had the rare privilege of living with the Swami and of visiting many Math and Mission centres and various places of pilgrimage all over India.