Swami Siddheswarananda

Swami Siddheswarananda was a monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India. He was born in 1897 into a princely family (the House of Cochin) in Kerala, India. He received his spiritual initiation from Swami Brahmananda, one of the foremost direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. After serving the Order in several capacities he was sent in 1937, at the invitation of several French citizens, to France, where he became the spiritual head of the Centre Védantique, eventually the Gretz-Armainvilliers (Seine & Marne) until his passing away in 1957. During his say in France the Swami lectured and wrote extensively.