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Swami Sarvapriyananda
Hindu monk
Swami Sarvapriyananda (pre-monastic name Biswarup Mitra) is a Hindu monk (sannyasi) belonging to the Ramakrishna Order.
He is the current resident Swami and head of the Vedanta Society of New York, a position he has been serving since January 2017.[1][2]
Early life and education
Swami Sarvapriyananda was born in Kolkata and grew up in Bhubhaneshwar, in the Indian state of Odisha to a pious Bengali family.
Swami sarvapriyananda biography
From childhood onwards, he was inclined towards spirituality and was inspired by the lives of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. His family was also devoutly religious. His parents and grandparents were initiated devotees in the Ramakrishna Order tradition.[3] He has stated that his first goal in life was to become a pilot, and the second was to find God, with the second goal later becoming his only goal.[3][4] At age 23, Sarvapriyananda (then Biswarup Mitra) joined the Ramakrishna