Swami Rudrananda
| Swami Rudrananda | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Muthukrishnan March 11, 1901 | 
| Died | June 30, 1985 (aged 84) | 
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism | 
| Order | Ramakrishna Mission | 
| Philosophy | Vedanta | 
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Swami Shivananda | 
Swami Rudrananda (11 March 1901 – 30 June 1985), born Muthukrishnan, was an Indian Hindu monk and a disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic, Swami Shivananda, the direct disciple of Ramakrishna. After moving to Fiji in 1936 he became one of the country's most respected Indo-Fijian leaders, and was a founder of the National Federation Party.