of the order, he would spend a few months every year in Shyamal Tal in the Himalayas. The last year of his life was spent at Belur Math. Last years After assuming the responsibility of the Presidency, he suffered from heart and liver problems, and various ailments of old age. He attained Mahasamadhi on 30 May 1951. Legacy Gambhirananda, in his book History of Ramakrishna Math and Mission writes that Virajananda, besides having his spiritual training at the feet of Sarada Devi, had served Vivekananda personally and had long served in the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in various capacities. All these qualifications marked him out as an outstanding personality in the Ramakrishna Order. He proved to the most successful president who lived long enough to guide the organisation, all its members, as well as the lay devotees whom he initiated. During his tenure India marked famines, the Second World War, political instability and the partition of India, which also adversely affected the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. His voice A 4-minute historic recording from the archives of Vedanta Society of Southern California, of his voice in January 1950, reading from Swami Vivekananda can be heard here Works The Life of the Swami Vivekananda, by His Eastern and Western Disciples, by Advaita Ashrama, (self-published) Himalayas, 1912 Towards the Goal Supreme – Virajananda Strive to attain God – Virajananda The Story of an Epoch: Swami Virajananda and His Times – Shraddhananda Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (8 volumes), References Books Presidents of the Ramakrishna Order 1873 births 1951 deaths Indian spiritual writers Monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission