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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| religion           = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_name         = Jitendranath Rai
| birth_date         = {{birth year|1882}}
| birth_place        = Gudap, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(now in [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]])
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|6|16|1882}}
| death_place        = [[Belur Math]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| order              = [[Ramakrishna Mission]]
| guru               = [[Sarada devi]]
|predecessor =[[Shankarananda (Ramakrishna monk)|Swami Shankarananda]]
|Successor =[[Swami Madhavananda]]
|disciples           = [[Swami Shivamyananda]]<br>[[Swami Suhitananda]]
| philosophy         = [[Advaita Vedanta]]
}}

Swami '''Vishuddhananda''' (1882–1962), born Jitendranath Rai, was the eighth president of the [[Ramakrishna Mission]], a [[Hindu reform movement|Hindu reformist organisation]] adhering to the [[Vedanta]] philosophy.

== Early life ==
From his early life, he came in contact with [[Sarada Devi]], spiritual consort of [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]] and [[Disciples of Ramakrishna|direct disciples]] of Ramakrishna.

== Monastic Life ==
In 1906, at the age of 24, he received his [[Diksha|initiation]] from Sarada Devi and 1907 he joined the [[Ramakrishna Order]], and he was noted for his love of [[solitude]] and [[Enclosed religious orders|contemplative life]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gambhirananda|first=Swami|url=http://archive.org/details/holymothersrisar0000gamb|title=Holy mother Sri Sarada Devi|date=1986|publisher=Mylapore, Madras : Sri Ramakrishna Math ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Vedanta Press|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-81-7120-486-1}}</ref> In 1947, he became the Vice President of the Order and in 1962 he became the President of the Order for a period of three months. He died on 16 June 1962 (at the age of 80) after an operation of prostate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=donationsbm|title=Swami Vishuddhananda|url=https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-vishuddhananda/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission|language=en-US|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114013/https://belurmath.org/past-presidents/swami-vishuddhananda/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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* Rama Krishna Math and Mission: President's site - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080116055715/http://www.rkmpresident.org/8th_president.htm Vishuddhananda] (archived 16 January 2008)

{{Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order}}

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[[Category:Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order]]
[[Category:20th-century Hindu religious leaders]]
[[Category:Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission]]
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:Activists from West Bengal]]


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