Vishuddhananda
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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| religion = Hinduism
| birth_name = Jitendranath Rai
| birth_date = {{birth year|1882}}
| birth_place = Gudap, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Hooghly district, West Bengal)
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|6|16|1882}}
| death_place = Belur Math, West Bengal, India
| order = Ramakrishna Mission
| guru = Sarada devi
|predecessor =Swami Shankarananda
|Successor =Swami Madhavananda
|disciples = Swami Shivamyananda
Swami Suhitananda
| philosophy = Advaita Vedanta
}}
Swami Vishuddhananda (1882–1962), born Jitendranath Rai, was the eighth president of the Ramakrishna Mission, a Hindu reformist organisation adhering to the Vedanta philosophy.
Early life
From his early life, he came in contact with Sarada Devi, spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and direct disciples of Ramakrishna.
Monastic Life
In 1906, at the age of 24, he received his initiation from Sarada Devi and 1907 he joined the Ramakrishna Order, and he was noted for his love of solitude and contemplative life.{{Cite book|last=Gambhirananda|first=Swami|url=http://archive.org/details/holymothersrisar0000gamb|title=Holy mother Sri Sarada Devi|date=1986|publisher=Mylapore, Madras : Sri Ramakrishna Math ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Vedanta Press|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-81-7120-486-1}} In 1947, he became the Vice President of the Order and in 1962 he became the President of the Order. He died on 16 June 1962 (at the age of 80) after an operation of prostate.{{Cite web|last=donationsbm|title=Swami Vishuddhananda|url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-vishuddhananda/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission|language=en-US}}
References
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- Rama Krishna Math and Mission: President's site - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080116055715/http://www.rkmpresident.org/8th_president.htm Vishuddhananda] (archived 16 January 2008)
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Category:Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission
Category:Activists from West Bengal
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