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JAMMU: Swami Aniruddhananda, a senior monk of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, passed away on November 27, 2021. He was 77.
Popularly known as Sanjiv Maharaj, he breathed his last at Arogya Bhavan in Belur Math following a bout of illness. The passing away of Swami Aniruddhananda has come as a rude shock to all his devotees across India.
Swami Aniruddhananda was known for his upright, daring, dynamic and outspoken personality and has a huge contribution, struggled the long legal battles and getting possession of Swamiji’s Ancestral Home in Kolkata from the people who were occupying it since decades.
He was also deputed during the unrests at Rahara and Gol Park centres and was actively involved in organising the devotees convention at Belur Math in 1980.
Swami Aniruddhananda was highly influential with the top brass of society including top industrialists, bureaucrats, politicians, etc.
He was stationed in Bombay for about 8 months in 1985-86 for Fund collection for RKM Brindavan and had developed cordial relations with many devotees here. He has been a great source of inspiration and influence to many volunteers of RKM Bombay and drawn them closer to Thakur Sri. Ramkrishna, MAA -Sharda and Swamiji with his in-depth explanation of stories from the Gospels & Letters of Swamiji.
From Bombay, Swami Aniruddhananda was called to join the Legal Department at the HQ at Belur Math in February 1986.
The Platform at Bombay Central Station was crowded with his devotees and admirers. Two Volunteers accompanied him to Brindavan. One of them is a Senior Swamiji of RKM now. He could have taken strangers as his own.
“Whatever is good or bad in your life today, it is always good to take the truth in life” was the philosophy of Swami Aniruddhananda life. He believed, “the destination of a saint could not be determined by any person or organization. This life cannot be conducted in any other way except by Thakur Sri. Ramakrishna alone. The path shown by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Maa Sarada, and Swamiji is the real path and the main driving force of our life. To serve the common man in Naranarayana wisdom is to serve the almighty God.”