Nagpur: Swami Brahmasthananda Maharaj, former President of Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur, died of heart attack on Sunday at 9.15 pm. He was 82.
Brahmasthananda had joined Ramakrishna Math in 1971 at Nagpur and before leaving to Belur for training, he spent five formative years at Nagpur Centre in various departments. He was ordained into Sanyas in 1982 and transferred to Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, where he worked as the Librarian and then as Deputy Director of Vivekananda Vani Sanstha (Institute of Languages) where six different Indian and foreign languages (viz Sanskrit, English, French, German, Russian and Arabic) were taught.
He travelled across the country, representing Ramkrishna Math at various seminars and gave discourses. Swami Brahmasthananda worked under Swami Ranganathananda, at Hyderabad, for 13 years, and later went on to become 13th President of Ramkrishna Sangha. Swami Brahmasthananda worked at borders with Bangladesh, at Dinajpur district, as camp in-charge of flood relief work during October-November 1995.
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He returned to Nagpur Centre in 1996 as Adhyaksha. Swami Brahmasthananda was instrumental in building the magnificent Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna and the Vivekanand Vidyarthi Bhavan, a hostel for college students from poor family backgrounds. He left an indelible mark on Nagpur unit of Ramakrishna Mission.
