Life
He was born Yogeshchandra Datta in the village of Bekitaka. Ashokananda spent his childhood days in Durgapur .
He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1921 and was ordained into Sannyasa in 1923 by Swami Shivananda, second President of the Order. He served as the editor of the Prabuddha Bharata, English monthly organ of the Ramakrishna Order, from 1926 to 1930.
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