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|birth_date = April 1933<br />
|birth_place= [[Sylhet]], in present day [[Bangladesh]]<br />
|birth_name = Ramgopal Bhattacharya<br />
|death_date = October 20, 2011<br />
|death_place = [[Kolkata]]<br />
|guru = [[Swami Shankarananda (Ramakrishna Mission)|Swami Shankarananda]]<br />
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'''Swami Prameyananda''' (April 1933 &ndash; October 20, 2011) was a vice-president of the [[Ramakrishna Order]]. He was born Ramgopal Bhattacharya in the village of Kani-shail in the [[Sylhet]] district of what is today [[Bangladesh]], into an orthodox [[brahmin]] family. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1951 at its Karimganj center. In 1957, he received mantra and [[Brahmacharya]] diksha from [[Swami Shankarananda (Ramakrishna Mission)|Swami Shankarananda]], receiving the name Premesha Chaitanya, and in 1961 he received [[Sannyasa]] and the name Swami Prameyananda from his [[guru]]. In 1966, he became secretary to [[Swami Vireshwarananda]], the tenth president of the Order, and served him until the latter's death in 1985. Thereafter, he became the editor of the Bengali-language monthly ''[[Udbodhan]]'' from November 1985 to September 1987. In April 1987 he was made a trustee of the [[Ramakrishna Math]], and in September came to [[Belur Math]] to become the manager. He held that post until he was made a vice president on February 27, 2009. During his tenure as vice president, he granted mantra diksha to 13,066 spiritual seekers. <br />
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On October 19, 2011, ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported that Prameyananda's condition was critical, as he had been admitted to the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan on October 9, and had been on life-support system since October 17.<ref name=thehinducritical>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2552497.ece "Ramakrishna Mission's vice-president 'critical'"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', October 19, 2011 (accessed 9 Dec. 2011).</ref> He died at 8:25 am on October 20.<ref name=thehindudeath>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2557342.ece?css=print "Swami Prameyananda of Ramakrishna Mission dead"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', October 21, 2011 (accessed 9 Dec. 2011).</ref> The ''[[Times of India]]'' reported that "People came from all over the country to bid adieu."<ref name=toideath>Rupak, TNN (2011), [https://archive.today/20130103111216/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-21/kolkata/30305729_1_belur-math-ramakrishna-mission-trustee "RK Mission VP passes away"], ''[[Times of India]]'', October 21, 2011 (accessed 9 Dec. 2011)</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* ''Swami Prameyananda'' (2011: Swami Atmasthananda, Belur Math) [http://belurmath.org/pdf_files/Prameyananda.pdf PDF version online]<br />
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