SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA
Swami Niranjanananda was one of those few disciples whom Sri Ramakrishna termed as Nityasiddhas and Ishwarkotis (Though their names are not definitely known, the following six are accepted as such: Narendra, Rakhal, Yogin, Baburam, Niranjan, and Purna. Except Purna all embraced monasticism.) - that is, souls who are perfect from their very birth and are not caught by Maya at any time. With particular reference to Niranjanananda the Master once said that he was born with the characteristics of Rama inherent in him. The early name of Swami Niranjanananda was Nityaniranjan Ghosh, and he was usually called by the shortened form Niranjan. He came from Rajarhat-Vishnupur, a village in 24 Parganas, but lived in Calcutta with his uncle Kalikrishna Mitra. In his boyhood he became associated with a group of spiritualists in Calcutta. He was very often selected as a medium, and a very successful medium he always proved himself to be. At this time, he developed some psychic powers - powers of curing people in a miraculous way and so on. It is said that a very rich man, suffering from insomnia for eighteen long years, sought the help of Niranjan for recovery. Niranjan said afterwards, ‘I do not know whether that man got any real
