During his early days as an itinerant monk, he performed austerities on the banks of the rivers Kaveri and Tamraparni and on the seashore at Tiruchendur in Tamil Nadu.

He spread the message of Vedanta in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Scandinavia, France and other European nations.

He was instrumental in setting up the Vivekananda Balaka Sangha, an institution devoted to education of young students.

He had his early education in Jalpaigudi and Bogra and he passed entrance examination from a school in Rangpur in Bangladesh.

In 1933 at the invitation of the devotees he was deputed to Wiesbaden in the Rhineland (Germany) for preaching Vedanta philosophy to the interested people.

He extended his activities to Europe and preached Vedanta as propounded by Vivekananda and Ramakrishna in London, Paris, the Hague, and in Scandinavia.

He continued as the head of Bangalore centre and traveled to Madras, Bombay, Rangoon, Malaysia, New Delhi, Nagpur and various other places where he initiated many people.

He established the Vivekananda Balaka Sangha in Banaglore Ashrama and also actively encouraged a group of women devotees to join Sri Sarada Math.

In 1962, he was elected as the Vice President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, and he continued with the post till his death.

Because of ill health, he declined the post of President of the Ramakrishna Order offered to him by the trustees after Madhavananda died in 1965.