Anukulchandra Chakravarty Explained

Birth Name:Sri Sri thakur Anukulchandra
Birth Date:14 September 1888
Birth Place:Hemayetpur, British India
Death Place:Deoghar
Spouse:Jagatjanani Shoroshibala
Nationality:Indian
Founder:Satsang (Deoghar)
Philosophy:Being and becoming
Religion:Hindu
Disciples:Hindu and Muslims
Native Name:Anukulchandra Chakravarty
Children:5
Father:Sri Shibchandra chakraborty
Mother:Srimata manamohini chakraborty

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

Early life and service

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]

In 1913, Anukulchandra was spiritually initiated by his mother. After his initiation, he along with his friends and companions started doing intense kirtan. During kirtan, he often went into a state of trance, fell on the ground unconsciously and uttered messages in that condition. His going into trance during kirtan, delivering holy messages during trance and the devotion of those around him started attracting many more people. As a number of people came to his village to visit him began to settle permanently, gradually his village home was converted into an ashram.

Anukulchandra Chakravarty's service to the people as a doctor, his speaking in tongues in a state of trance as well as his advice and guidance to his followers helped him secure a position as a religious leader. The personality, life and teachings of Thakur Anukulchandra mediates between science and spirituality, personal affirmation and self-transformation, individualism and social commitment has put him in the class of prophets or avatars of the Indian religious tradition. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Nayak, G.C. . https://www.questia.com/library/120072889/religions-view-religions-explorations-in-pursuit . Religions view religions : explorations in pursuit of understanding . Rodopi . 2006 . 90-420-1858-5 . Gort . Jerald D. . 68 . Hinduism: A Descriptive and/or Prescriptive Appraisal of Other Religions . 901183160 . Jansen . Henry . Vroom . Hendrik M. . 28 February 2020 . 3 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203132608/https://www.questia.com/library/120072889/religions-view-religions-explorations-in-pursuit . dead .
  2. Web site: http://www.bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=23&nID=101961&P=1&nPID=20180322 . Bartaman Patrika . bn . bn:নেতাজি সুভাষচন্দ্র ও ঠাকুর অনুকূলচন্দ্রের সম্পর্ক, প্রায় অনালোচিত এক অধ্যায় . 22 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029153553/https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=23&nID=101961&P=1&nPID=20180322 . 29 October 2018 . 25 August 2020.
  3. Book: Hosena . Selinā . Islam . Nurul . Bāṃlā ekāḍemī caritābhidhāna . 2010 . Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī . 978-984-07-4354-4 . Dhaka . 623263673.
  4. Web site: Deoghar Tourism . 14 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160219143224/http://deoghar.nic.in/deoghar_tourism.html . 19 February 2016.
  5. News: Politicians turn devotees at Satsang Vihar event . The Times of India . 15 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Ainy . 12 June 2016 . Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra . 21 January 2022 . en-US.
  7. Satsang, a Contemporary Religion of Convergence . Roy . Rajarshi . February 2019 . 231–238 . Rome . 2nd International Academic Conference on Humanities & Social Science.
  8. Web site: Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra . www.satsang.org.in.
  9. Web site: 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 . 8 December 2019 . 21 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121210123/http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx . dead .