being Prabhavananda, a disciple of Swami Brahmananda, the first president of Ramakrishna Order. He sent Prabhavananda on a lecture tour and encouraged him to establish new Vedanta Centres. The Vedanta Society of Portland was established in 1925 and Prakashananda himself presided over the inaugural ceremony. Death He suffered from diabetes and died on Sunday, 13 February 1927, at the age of fifty-three. His obituary in Prabuddha Bharata read, May rest and eternal peace be the reward of him who on earth worked untiringly, unselfishly, who served God and man as Ms master would have it. We are reminded of Swami Vivekananda's words: Our salutation goes to all those God-like men who worked to help humanity. References Category Monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda 1874 births 1927 deaths Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission