Swami Prabhavananda
Indian writer and philosopher
Died when: 82 years 191 days (990 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Swami Prabhavananda (December 26, 1893 – July 4, 1976) was an Indian philosopher, monk of the Ramakrishna Order, and religious teacher. He moved to America in 1923 to take up the role of assistant minister in the San Francisco Vedanta Society.
In 1928 he was the minister of a small group in Portland, OR, but in 1930 he founded the Vedanta Society of Southern California.
The Swami spent the rest of his life there, writing and collaborating with some of the most distinguished authors and intellectuals of the time, including Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, and Gerald Heard.
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