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Pictured in 1957 are two monks of the Rmakrishna Order of India who came to the U.S. and founded the Vedanta centers in the Northwest. At left is Swami Aseshanda, leader of the Vedanta Swami Society of Portland, and at right is Swami Vivdishanada, who came to Seattle in 1938 and founded teh Vedanta Society here.

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