Pravrajika Bhaktiprana

Bhaktiprana was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in October 1920. She did her school education from the Gouri Ma's Saradeswari Ashram in Calcutta. Right from a very young age her interest was towards spirituality, and she was associated with the monks of the Belur Math of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. She initially trained as a nurse. In 1950, she was employed as a nurse at the Matri Bhavan, a hospital that was under the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission in Tollygunge. == Work ==

Bhaktiprana was given oath of Mantra Diksha by Swami Vijnanananda, who was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and was then also the fourth president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission and was given the oath of Brahmacharya in 1953 by Swami Shankarananda. Following the death of Pravrajika Shraddhaprana in February 2009, she took over as president of the mission in April 2009. On assuming this position she said "All my life, I have tried to live for others. That’s what Ma [Sarada Devi] would’ve wanted me to do... Without Ma’s blessings, we are nothing." == Death ==

It was reported that Bhaktiprana was hospitalized after experiencing a high fever and lung infection. She was subsequently admitted to the ICU at Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan. Bhaktiprana died on 11 December 2022, at a hospital, late Sunday night at the age of 102. ==References==