Swami Purnatmananda Maharaj has taken the charge of new Principal of the city’s Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. At the directives of board of trustees and executive committee of Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Purnatmananda took the charge of Principal and Secretary of the Dhaka Math on Sunday.
Earlier, he greeted the people of Bangladesh at introductory meeting and sought cooperation from all in the activities of Ramakrishna Math to serve the mankind.
In 1974, Purnatmananda passed the MA examination from Calcutta University in English and joined the Ramakrishna Mission’s Institute of Culture centre in Calcutta as a Brahmachari. He served as the Chief of Publication and Research Department of the center for 14 years.
From 2012 to January, 2019, he served as the Secretary of Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre in Calcutta. He came to Bangladesh for several times as a guest speaker of Ramakrishna Math and Mission centers.
