Swami Nikhilananda (1895–1973) was born as Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta. Nikhilananda who was a disciple of divine Mother Sri Sarada Devi, was born in a very small village, India in the year of 1895. In 1924, he was ordained as a priest of the Ramakrishna Order.

Nikhilananda spent more than a few years in the Himalayan monastery and between that time duration, he studied about Hinduism, religion and other philosophy systems. Later in 1931, he went to America. In 1933, he institutionalized the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, Center of New York and remained as spiritual leader till his death in 1973.

Nikhilananda was skilled thinker and writer. He had translated Shree Ramakrishna Kathamrita from Bengali into English that was his best contribution, published under the title “The Gospel of Shree Ramakrishna (1942)”.