 He underwent sannyasa ordination and assumed the name Brahmananda.Two years later he left Baranagar Math and was a wandering monk for some time, living an intensely contemplative life at Varanasi, Omkarnath, Vrindaban, Hardwar and other places.During this period he is said to have scaled the highest peak of non-dualistic experience and used to remain absorbed in Samadhi for days together.