Monastic Name: Swami Adbhutananda

Pre-Monastic Name: Rakhturam (Latu)

Middle of the nineteenth century
His actual date of birth unknown.

Late 1879 or early 1880
Meet Sri Ramakrishna for the first time

June 1881
Came to stay with Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineshwar permanently - much before other disciples

January 1886
Got ochre cloth (monastic robes) and rosaries distributed by the Master among 12 of his disciples.

February 1887
Took final monastic vows one month after his brother disciples, as he had was away at the time, on some work instructed by Holy Mother.

1886 - 1912
Lived almost entirely in Kolkata, at the residences of various devotees of Sri Ramakrishna as a wandering monk, unattached to people or places.

1893 - 1894
Left the monastery and began living on the bank of the Ganges like a true mystic who loves to live alone.

1895 - 1903
Made various pilgrimages to Jagannath Puri, Kashmir and the like.

October 1912
Went to Varanasi and never returned to Kolkata

24 April 1920
Passed away in the holy city of Varanasi

At the threshold of Latu Maharaj's life, the Master had said to him (pointing to Himself): "Here God alone exists. Do not forget this." "How can I forget someone who loves me so much?" answered Latu Maharaj. He did not forget. Throughout his life, his mind was filled with thoughts of Sri Ramakrishna, and he would sometimes reveal to others the substance of these thoughts.

Compiled from various sources

| Top | The life story | His teachings |