RAMKRISHNA MATH PRESIDENT SWAMI ATMASTHANANDA IS NO MORE
Swami Atmasthananda, 99, president of Ramakrishna Mission Math, died after prolonged illness here on Sunday. He was elected as 15th president of the Math in 2007. He will be cremated on June 19. A central team from New Delhi is expected to come to Lucknow to pay homage. It is believed that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was young, Swami advised him not to become a monk, following which Modi joined politics. The PM condoled the demise of Swami Atmasthananda, terming it as a “personal loss”.