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The society has had six presidents since inception. Swami Tathagatananda was the president since 1977 until his death on 25 June 2016. [3] Swami Sarvapriyananda was appointed as Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, and assumed his duties on January 6, 2017.
The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905. [ Note 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. [ Note 1 ] Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston , Los Angeles , Portland , Providence , Chicago , St. Louis ...
Vedanta Society of New York. After Swami Vivekananda's celebrated appearance at the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, [12] [3] he went on a speaking tour of the mid-west and east coast of the United States. [17] While in New York, he founded the first Vedanta Society in 1894.
Swami Sarvapriyananda served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California in 2015. [1] He was later appointed head of the Vedanta Society of New York, a position he has been serving since 6 January 2017. [1] Swami Tathagatananda was his predecessor.
Swami Tathagatananda (15 February 1923 – 25 June 2016), was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.He was the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016, which was the first Vedanta Society in the United States, founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1895.
In other parts of the world, especially in Europe, Canada, United States, Japan, and Australia, the work is mostly confined to the preaching of Vedanta, the publication of books and journals and personal guidance in spiritual matters. [5] Many of the centres outside India are called as the 'Vedanta Society' or 'Vedanta Centre'.
Divine Life Society [2]: 200–01 Divine Light Mission [2]: 384 Gaudiya Math. Gaudiya Mission; Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti; Gita Press; Hanuman Foundation [2]: 178 [3]: 1013 Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy [2]: 183–84 [3]: 1014 Hindu Aikya Vedi; Hindu American Foundation [4] Hindu Council UK [5] Hindu Council of Russia
The center has a temple in New York City and the summer cottage at Thousand Island Park, New York; it publishes a number of seminal books on Vedanta, written or translated by Swami Nikhilananda, many of which were first published by mainstream publishers, including The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the first complete and best-known translation of ...