# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/swami-nikhilananda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:41:00.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/swami-nikhilananda"
name: "Swami Nikhilananda"
slug: "swami-nikhilananda"
description: "Swami Nikhilananda (1895–1973), born Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta was a direct disciple of Sri Sarada Devi. In 1933, he founded the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York, a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, and remained its head until his death in 1973. An accomplished writer and thinker, Nikhilananda's greatest contribution was the translation of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita from Bengali into English, published under the title The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)."
tagline: "Indian Hindu guru (1895–1973)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1895"
deathDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             4.534623202813182
  historical:           5.953529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "سوامى نيخيلاناندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "স্বামী নিখিলানন্দ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhilananda"
    title: "Nikhilananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Nikhilananda"
    title: "Swami Nikhilananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80"
    title: "ニキラーナンダ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "சுவாமி நிகிலானந்தா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1990201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump