Ramakrishna Mission chief Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj dies at 94

Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj died in a south Kolkata hospital on Tuesday night. Smaranananda was hospitalised on Jan 29 with a urinary tract infection and put on ventilator support on March 3 after he developed septicaemia and respiratory failure, as per the hospital. Following a tracheostomy, he developed acute kidney problem. Smaranananda had been undergoing haemodialysis.