26 Facts About Nischayananda

Nischayananda was an Indian monk who worked to help the poor and needy.

Nischayananda was inspired by Vivekananda's philosophy of serving man as God and dedicated his life to serve poor and downtrodden in the remote areas where no healthcare facility existed.

Nischayananda worked in military service before joining the Ramakrishna Order as a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda.

Nischayananda met Vivekananda in Madras and decided to become his disciple.

Nischayananda was born in 1865 in a small village near Janjira in Maharashtra.

Nischayananda studied for a few years in an English school, but could not complete his study owing to family poverty.

Nischayananda knew several South Indian languages and in later life could speak fluently in Bengali.

Nischayananda traveled abroad to Burma, Siam, Gibraltar, Malta etc.

Nischayananda went to Andaman and studied the life of the tribals residing there and collected many information about their way of life.

Nischayananda was a first class shot and secured high rank in shooting competition in the military.

Nischayananda traveled by foot to Madras and met Vivekananda in Castle Kernan.

Nischayananda was initiated by Vivekananda into monastic life, who gave him the name Nischayananda.

Swami Nischayananda was assigned the responsibility of looking after Swami Vivekananda as his attendant.

Nischayananda used to daily fetch drinking water in a huge vessel for Swami Vivekananda from a tube well from Baranagar on the other side of Ganga.

Once when Josephine MacLeod, an American friend of Swami Vivekananda, had advised Swami Nischayananda to assign this task to a servant, the latter was annoyed.

Swami Nischayananda was deeply influenced by both Shivaji and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the two Maharashtrian icons.

Swami Nischayananda affirmed that Tilak was deeply influenced by Swami Vivekananda's point of view about serving the poor with a view to uplift them.

Swami Nischayananda left Belur Math within a month of passing away of Swami Vivekananda.

Nischayananda became a wandering monk and visited various holy places, and spent his days in spiritual practices.

Nischayananda arrived in Haridwar to participate in Haridwar in 1903.

However Kalyanananda and Nischayananda got strong backing from Dhanraj Giri, a very senior and well respected head of Kailash Math and a reputed scholar of Vedanta.

Nischayananda was very austere in his spiritual practices and continued spiritual practices like meditation at night, despite a hard toil during the day.

Swami Nischayananda worked with his brother disciple to develop the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Kankhal into a hospital for the treatment of poor and needy.

Nischayananda himself nursed the patients, cleaned their bedpans and lavatories, prepared food and washed them.

For three decades, both the brother-monks, Kalyanananda and Nischayananda tirelessly kept serving pilgrims and local people in the Kumbha Mela by providing medical care and assistance.

Swami Nischayananda fell ill with a gastric ulcer, and died on 22 October 1934 while sitting in the lotus posture.