"Latu is the greatest miracle of Sri Rama-krishna,” Swami Vivekananda once said with reference to Swami Adbhutananda, "having absolutely no education, he has attained to the highest wisdom simply at the touch…

Swami Advaitananda in his pre-monastic days was known as Gopal Sur. He was the oldest of the monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. He was older than even the Master by a few…

Swami Akhandananda, or Gangadhar Ghatak, as he was called in his pre-monastic life, came of a respectable Brahmin family of Baghbazar, Calcutta. Even from his boyhood he was of a deeply religious turn…