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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name        = Swami Shankarananda
| native_name = স্বামী শঙ্করানন্দ
| image         = 
| alt           =
| caption       = Swami Shankarananda
| religion = Hinduism
| birth_name    = Amritalal Sengupta<br />অমৃতলাল সেনগুপ্ত 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|df=yes|1880|3|09}}
| birth_place    = Baje Pratappur, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />{{small|(now in [[Hooghly district]], West Bengal, India)}}
| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|1|13|1880|3|09}}
| death_place    = [[Belur Math]], West Bengal, India
| order          = [[Ramakrishna Mission]]
| guru           = [[Swami Brahmananda]]
|predecessor =[[Swami Virajananda]]
|successor =[[Swami Vishuddhananda]]
|disciples       = 
[[Swami Smaranananda]]<br>[[Swami Prameyananda]]<br>[[Swami Vagishananda]]<br>[[Swami Prabhananda]]<br>[[Pravrajika Anandaprana]] and others
}}
'''Swami Shankarananda''', (born '''Amritalal Sengupta'''; 9 March 1880 – 13 January 1962) was the seventh President of the [[Ramakrishna Math]] and [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref>
{{cite web| title = Important Personalities |publisher= Ramakrishna math| url = http://www.rkmathharipad.org/our-centre/important-personalities/ 
| accessdate = 2013-11-25}}</ref> Join the [[Ramakrishna Math]] in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web |last=donationsbm |title=Swami Shankarananda |url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-shankarananda/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Belur Math – Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |language=en-US}}</ref> As a student, he attended [[Swami Vivekananda]]'s lectures and was drawn to the [[Monasticism|monastic]] life by [[Swami Sadananda]], his maternal uncle and a disciple of [[Swami Vivekananda]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=donationsbm |title=Swami Shankarananda |url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-shankarananda/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Belur Math – Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |language=en-US}}</ref> Amulya was initiated by Swami Brahmananda in 1906. As a beloved disciple and also as a personal attendant of Swami Brahmananda for several years, he had the rare privilege of living with the Swami and of visiting many Math and Mission centres and various places of pilgrimage all over India.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.belurmath.org/ Official Website of The Headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (Belur Math)]
*https://vedantastl.org/swami-shankarananda-1951-1962/

{{Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order}}

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