Mahendranath Gupta was an early teacher to Paramahansa Yogananda, a famous 20th-century yogi, guru and philosopher.
10 Facts About Mahendranath Gupta
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Mahendranath Gupta was a gifted student and performed consistently well until 1874 till he graduated from Presidency College.
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Mahendranath Gupta had lost his mother at a very early age and was experiencing domestic friction in the joint family.
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At this critical juncture, Mahendranath Gupta's nephew took him to the temple garden of Dakshineswar Kali Temple, where Ramakrishna, a mystic and the chief priest of the Kali temple lived.
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Mahendranath Gupta began crying, and a blissful and youthful man came up and consoled him.
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Mahendranath Gupta believed it to be Ramakrishna, who was then a priest at the Kali temple.
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Mahendranath Gupta moved to 50 Amherst Street in Calcutta, where he ran a small boys' high school.
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Yogananda described Mahendranath Gupta as having a "silky white beard and large lustrous eyes" and described his personality thus:.
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Mahendranath Gupta spread his wisdom by spiritual contagion rather than impermeable precept.
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In 1932, when the fifth Volume of Kathamrita was at the printers Mahendranath Gupta died at his home, now called Kathamrita Bhavan, located near the Thanthania Kali Temple in Calcutta.