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virajananda sixth president of the ramakrishna order , a direct monastic disciple of vivekananda and 30 may 1951 kalikrishna bose calcutta , bengal presidency , british india vedanta 200px president 1951 of ramakrishna order from dec 1938 to may 10 june 1873 swami virajananda.jpg swami virajananda
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swami virajananda

kalikrishna bose -lrb- 10 june 1873 -- 30 may 1951 -rrb- , known as virajananda , was an initiated disciple of sarada devi and a former president of the ramakrishna order .
born as the son of trailokyanath bose and nishadkalidevi , virajananda was the first person to join the ramakrishna order after the direct disciples of ramakrishna .
in 1897 , he was initiated into sannyasa by vivekananda .
from 1899 onward he served in advaita ashrama , mayavati and became its president in 1906 .
he is recognised as a monastic disciple of vivekananda .
along with swarupananda , virajananda played a great role in popularising the monthly magazine of the order , `` prabuddha bharata '' .
he was also responsible for successful completion of compilation and publishing of `` the complete works of swami vivekananda '' .
he then edited and published a biography of vivekananda in 1906 under the title `` the life of swami vivekananda by his eastern and western disciples '' .
he was appointed the president of the advaita ashrama at mayavati in 1913 .
in 1924 he became the general secretary of the ramakrishna order .
in 1938 , he became the 6th president of the ramakrishna mission .
he was the main source of inspiration behind the founding of two educational institutes of that mission known as vidyamandir and sarada pith .
