Ramakrishna(1836–1886)

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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886) was a Bengali Hindu mystic and saint whose direct experience of the divine across multiple traditions — Vaishnavism, Tantra, Islam, and Christianity — made him one of the seminal religious figures of modern India. He was a priest at the Dakshineswar Kali temple near Calcutta. His chief disciple, Swami Vivekananda, carried his teachings to the West and founded the Ramakrishna Mission.