# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/swami-shivananda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:56.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/swami-shivananda"
name: "Swami Shivananda"
slug: "swami-shivananda"
description: "Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj. Shivananda and Subodhananda were the only direct disciples of Ramakrishna to be filmed. He was a Brahmajnani. \nShivananda introduced the celebration of the birthdays of his brother-monks. He was known to have laid the foundation stone of Shri Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math, which was designed by Vijnanananda."
tagline: "Hindu spiritual leader, disciple of Ramakrishna (1854–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swami_Shivananda.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1854"
deathDate: "1934"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump