Sri Ramakrishna
1836 to 1886Bengal
A poor Brahmin boy of Kamarpukur falls into ecstasy at the sight of cranes against a storm cloud. As a young priest of Kali at Dakshineswar he weeps for the Mother until she shows herself, goes through a nun and a naked monk to the Absolute, tries the paths of Islam and Christ, and gathers young disciples around him before his death from throat cancer.