 Swami Saradananda (1865–1927), whose original name was Sarat Chandra Chakravarty, first came in touch with Paramahamsadev with his cousin Sashi Bhusan and others when he was 18 years old.He had joined Calcutta Medical College to study medicine but gave it up to serve Paramahamsadev when he was ill.When Swami Vivekananda advised him to take up work in the West, he met him in London in 1896 and then sailed for New York.