In February 1897, Swami Vivekananda returned to Calcutta from the West. At Madras, on the request of his disciples to begin a permanent center, Swamiji had said, "I shall send you one who is more orthodox than the most orthodox Brahmins of South India and who is at the same time incomparable in performing worship, scriptural knowledge, and meditation on God."Swami Ramakrishnananda A Portrait in Pictures, 2006, p.25 He meant Swami Ramakrishnananda, who was sent in March 1897.
