Swami Yatiswarananda (16 January 1889 Nadanpur Village, Pabna, British India –27 January1966 Kolkata, India) was a vice-president of Ramakrishna Order, whose headquarter is in Belur Math. He was a disciple of Swami Brahmananda, a brother disciple of Swami Vivekananda and a direct disciple and spiritual son of Ramakrishna. He served in Philadelphia propagating the message of Vedanta. He was the president of Bangalore centre of Ramakrishna Math. He founded an ashrama in Switzerland. Brief Biography Yatiswarananda was born as Suresh Chandra Bhattacharya in erstwhile Bengal. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in Belur Math and got initiation from Swami Brahmananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna (also referred to as the "spiritual son" of Ramakrishna) the first president of the Ramakrishna Order. During his early days as an itinerant monk, he performed austerities on the banks of the rivers Kaveri and Tamraparni and on the seashore at Tiruchendur in Tamil Nadu. He went to preach Vedanta in Europe and stayed in Wiesbaden in Germany. He spread the message of Vedanta in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Scandinavia, France and other European nations. When the Second World War broke out, he left Europe and arrived in the United States. He set up the Vedanta Centre of Philadelphia and worked as it's in charge for seven years. He returned to India and settled in Bangalore. In 1951 after the death of Tyagishananda, the president of Bangalore Ramakrishna Math, Yatiswarananda became the president of Bangalore Ashrama. He was instrumental in setting up the Vivekananda Balaka Sangha, an institution devoted to education of young students. He also established the new temple in the Ashrama. Though not a president or vice president of Ramakrishna Order in Belur Math, Yatiswarananda was vested with the special power to initiate disciples by Shivananda (direct disciple of Ramakrishna), the second president of Ramakrishna Order. Later he also became a Vice President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. In 1965 upon the demise of President Madhavananda, Yatiswarananda was offered the president ship which he refused on account of his ill health. He took a very active role in organizing the Vivekananda Centenary Celebrations in 1963. He died in the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan in Kolkata in 1965. Early life Swami Yatiswarananda was born on 16 January 1889 in Nandanpur, district Pabna of East Bengal. His pre monastic life was Suresh Chandra Bhattacharya. He had his early education in Jalpaigudi and Bogra and he passed