Swami Rudrananda, born Muthukrishnan, was an Indian Hindu monk and a disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic, Swami Shivananda, the direct disciple of Ramakrishna.
11 Facts About Swami Rudrananda
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Swami Rudrananda's interests spanned social reform, the congress party of India and poetry by Subramanya Bharathi.
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Swami Rudrananda worked as an editor for Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam magazine for some time.
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Swami Rudrananda was fondly called a "SarkkariSami", as he was working for the betterment of sugar cane workers in Fiji.
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Swami Rudrananda implemented several measures, notably that Sangam work for all people instead of serving only south Indians.
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Swami Rudrananda was the first to introduce multiracial and multicultural activities in Fiji to bring the ethnic groups together.
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Swami Rudrananda made sure that the Sangam schools and Sri Vivekananda High School were open to all ethnic groups.
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Swami Rudrananda acquired properties for Sangam including freehold land at Savusavu and Madhuvani, Rakiraki.
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Swami Rudrananda remained an active member of the Federation Party.
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In 1951, Swami Rudrananda attempted to amalgamate the Sangam and Ramakrishna Mission into a single organization.
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Swami Rudrananda got Dr Berwick to translate the Thirukkural into Fijian.