After his college education, he joined the Ramakrishna Order at Ramakrishna Ashram, Nagpur on 1st Dec. 1947. Before that he had his ?Mantra Diksha? from Srimat Swami Virajanandaji Maharaj in the same year. He was initiated into Brahmacharya and Sannyasa by Srimat Swami Sankaranandaji Maharaj in 1952 and in 1957 respectively.
He stayed at Nagpur for 21 years under the training and headship of Srimat Swami Bhaskareswaranandaji Maharaj, a disciple of Srimat Swami Shivanandaji Maharaj. Nagpur being the centre for publication of books in Hindi, he was associated with the publication of a large number of Hindi books, such as "Sri Ramakrishna Leela Prasanga", the "Holy Mother's Life", etc. He translated into Hindi the book "Teachings of Swami Brahmananda" with the Hindi version being titled as "Dhyan, Dharma evam Sadhana".
He was first transferred to Delhi centre as its Head in 1968 and later on to Allahabad and Rajkot Centers as the head. He was instrumental in the restoration of the residential building (1975) in which Srimat Swami Vijnananandaji Maharaj had resided till his Mahasamadhi at Allahabad Centre.
At Rajkot, he was instrumental in a major way in the consecration of the temple of Sri Ramakrishna in 1979. Besides many other relief works, it was also his unique privilege to undertake a massive relief and rehabilitation programme at Morvi in Rajkot district after a major disaster in which the Morvi dam had burst.
He is well known for his preaching work in Hindi.
At present, he is leading a retired life at Varanasi Ramakrishna Advaita Ashram.
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