Ramakrishna Math and Mission's President Swami Atmasthananda, hospitalised for over a year following age-related ailments, continued to be in a critical condition today.
Monks of the Order, started by Swami Vivekananda, said Atmasthananda, 97, is conscious but on ventilation following chest infection
Now in the ICU of Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan hospital, his condition is stated to be critical by doctors attending him with no improvement in his health since yesterday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was thrice refused monkhood in his youth, counts him as his "Guru".
When both of them were in Rajkot, Modi used to visit him often to seek spiritual guidance.
Earlier this month, the PM went to see the ailing monk at the hospital which was his second such meeting.
