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Śrī R�makṛiṣṇa P�ramahamsa (Bangla: রামকৃষ�ণ পরমহংস Ramkṛiṣṇo Pôromôhongśo) (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay (Bangla: গদাধর চট�টোপাধ�যায় Gôdadhor Chôţţopaddhae), [1] was a rustic Bengalireligious ecstatic[2] who practiced Vaishnava and Śaktibhakti, Vedanta, Tantra, and other spiritual disciplines. Toward the end of his life, he became a guru to Anglicized Bengalis[3], including Narendranath Dutta—the future Sw�mī Vivekananda—and also became an influential figure in the Bengal Renaissance.[4] He was considered an avatar or incarnation of God by many of his disciples, and is considered as such by many of his devotees today. Though recent academic scholarship has concentrated on, among other things, aspects of his sexuality,[5] the R�makṛiṣṇa Mission and other scholars have criticized the work of these scholars.[6] >> By WikiPedia