Anukulchandra Chakravarty

Anukulchandra Chakravarty
Yuga Purusottom Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra
Personal life
Born
Anukul chandra Chakravarty.

(1888-09-14)14 September 1888
Pabna District, British India, now Bangladesh.
Died27 January 1969(1969-01-27) (aged 80)
Deoghar
NationalityIndian
SpouseJagatjanani Shoroshibala
Religious life
ReligionHindu
Founder ofSatsang (Deoghar)

Yuga Purusottom Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra (14 September 1888 – 27 January 1969), popularly known as Sree Sree Thakur, was an Indian homeopathic physician and spiritual guru[1][2][3] and the founder of Satsang, in Deoghar, Jharkhand.[4][5] He was born in a Brahmin family.[6]

Early life and service

Yuga purusottom Sri Sri thakur anukul chandra

Anukulchandra Chakravarty was born in the Himaitpur village of Pabna district of East Bengal, British India which is now a part of Bangladesh. Sivachandra Chakravarty and Monomohini Devi were his father and mother respectively. As a young medical student in Calcutta, Anukulchandra started serving and treating the slum dwellers in 1911. After six years of study, he came back to Himaitpur and began to practice medicine.[7] His devotees address him as Yuga Purushottam or the Prophet of the modern age.[8] on the other hand he is the founder of "satsanga" at deoghar in Bihar now Jharkhand.

Death

Anukulchandra died on 27 January 1969. The Government of India released a commemorative postage stamp, in 1987.[9]

References

  1. ^ Nayak, G.C. (2006). "Hinduism: A Descriptive and/or Prescriptive Appraisal of Other Religions". In Gort, Jerald D.; Jansen, Henry; Vroom, Hendrik M. (eds.). Religions view religions : explorations in pursuit of understanding. Rodopi. p. 68. ISBN 90-420-1858-5. OCLC 901183160. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ নেতাজি সুভাষচন্দ্র ও ঠাকুর অনুকূলচন্দ্রের সম্পর্ক, প্রায় অনালোচিত এক অধ্যায়. Bartaman Patrika (in Bengali). 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ Hosena, Selinā; Islam, Nurul (2010). Bāṃlā ekāḍemī caritābhidhāna. Dhaka: Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī. ISBN 978-984-07-4354-4. OCLC 623263673.
  4. ^ "Deoghar Tourism". Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Politicians turn devotees at Satsang Vihar event". The Times of India. 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ Ainy (12 June 2016). "Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ Roy, Rajarshi (February 2019). Satsang, a Contemporary Religion of Convergence (PDF). 2nd International Academic Conference on Humanities & Social Science. Rome. pp. 231–238.
  8. ^ "Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra". www.satsang.org.in.
  9. ^ "Postage Stamps: Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps)". postagestamps.gov.in. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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