:Anukulchandra Chakravarty

{{short description|Indian physician, philosopher, spiritual leader (1888–1969)}}

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Yug Purushottama Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra (14 September 1888 – 27 January 1969), popularly known as Sree Sree Thakur, was an Indian homeopathic physician and spiritual guru{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://www.questia.com/library/120072889/religions-view-religions-explorations-in-pursuit |title=Religions view religions : explorations in pursuit of understanding |last=Nayak |first=G.C. |publisher=Rodopi |year=2006 |isbn=90-420-1858-5 |editor-last=Gort |editor-first=Jerald D. |pages=68 |chapter=Hinduism: A Descriptive and/or Prescriptive Appraisal of Other Religions |oclc=901183160 |editor-last2=Jansen |editor-first2=Henry |editor-last3=Vroom |editor-first3=Hendrik M. |access-date=28 February 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203132608/https://www.questia.com/library/120072889/religions-view-religions-explorations-in-pursuit |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=23&nID=101961&P=1&nPID=20180322 |website=Bartaman Patrika |language=bn |script-title=bn:নেতাজি সুভাষচন্দ্র ও ঠাকুর অনুকূলচন্দ্রের সম্পর্ক, প্রায় অনালোচিত এক অধ্যায় |date=22 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029153553/https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=23&nID=101961&P=1&nPID=20180322 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |access-date=25 August 2020}}{{Cite book |last1=Hosena |first1=Selinā |last2=Islam |first2=Nurul |title=Bāṃlā ekāḍemī caritābhidhāna |date=2010 |publisher=Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī |isbn=978-984-07-4354-4 |location=Dhaka |oclc=623263673}} and the founder of Satsang, in Deoghar, Jharkhand.{{cite web |title=Deoghar Tourism |url=http://deoghar.nic.in/deoghar_tourism.html |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219143224/http://deoghar.nic.in/deoghar_tourism.html |archive-date=19 February 2016}}{{cite news |title=Politicians turn devotees at Satsang Vihar event |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Politicians-turn-devotees-at-Satsang-Vihar-event/articleshow/30418116.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=15 February 2014}} He was born in a Brahmin family.{{Cite web |last=Ainy |date=12 June 2016 |title=Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra |url=https://istampgallery.com/sri-sri-thakur-anukul-chandra/ |access-date=21 January 2022 |language=en-US}}

Early life and service

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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.{{cite conference |url=https://www.dpublication.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iachss-121-231.pdf |title=Satsang, a Contemporary Religion of Convergence |last1=Roy |first1=Rajarshi |date=February 2019 |pages=231–238 |location=Rome |conference=2nd International Academic Conference on Humanities & Social Science}} His devotees address him as Yuga Purushottam or the Prophet of the modern age.{{Cite web |url=https://www.satsang.org.in/index.php?=satsang |title=Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra |website=www.satsang.org.in}} on the other hand he is the founder of "satsanga" at deoghar in Bihar now Jharkhand.

In August 1909 Anukulachandra married to Saroshi Devihttps://srisrithakuranukulchandra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ocean-in-a-Tea-Cup.pdf Page 66-67. On November 17, 1930, he married to Sarba Mangala who was the younger sister for Anukulachandra's 1st wife. https://srisrithakuranukulchandra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ocean-in-a-Tea-Cup.pdf ( page 150 to 155)

Death

Anukulchandra died on 27 January 1969. The Government of India released a commemorative postage stamp, in 1987.{{Cite web |url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx |title=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) |website=postagestamps.gov.in |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121210123/http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx |url-status=dead }}

References

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==Further reading==

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  • {{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Rabindra Nath |place=Kolkata |publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar |year=2010 |edition=First |title=The revelation after the latest revealed |oclc=775646694}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Islam |first1=Kazi Nurul |year=2011 |title=Historical Overview of Religious Pluralism in Bengal |journal=Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology |location=Dhaka |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=28 |url=http://www.bangladeshsociology.org/Religion%20-%20Kazi.pdf}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Rabindra Nath |year=1987 |title=The Latest Revelation in the East |publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar |location=Kolkata |edition=First}}
  • {{cite news |last=Pandey |first=Rajesh |year=2015 |title=Jharkhand governor inaugurates Deoghar function |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jharkhand-governor-inaugurates-Deoghar-function/articleshow/49534813.cms}}

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