Uddharan Dutta Thakura

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| honorific-prefix = Srila

| name = Uddharana Dutta

| honorific-suffix = Thakura

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| native_name_lang = উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর

| image = Uddharan Dutta Samadhi complex at Uddharanpur 05.jpg

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| caption = Statue of Uddharana Dutta at Uddharanpur

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| birth_name = Dibakara Dutta

| birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth date text| 27 August 1481 }}

| birth_place = Saptagram (সপ্তগ্রাম), Hooghly district, Bengal Sultanate, present-day West Bengal, India)

| death_date = {{circa}} {{death date and age|25 November 1541| 27 August 1481 }} Krishna Troyodoshi 1541 AD, or Krishna Troyodoshi 1463 Saka Year

| death_place = Vrindavan

| resting_place = Vrindavan, India

| religion = Hinduism

| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Suprasanna Devi Sister of Haladhar Sen

| children = Priyankar Dutta Later named Srinivas Dutta Thakur [https://gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com/uddharana-datta-thakura-biography/]

| mother = Bhadravati Devi,

| father = Srikara Dutta

| denomination = Vaishnavism

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| lineage = Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya

| sect = Gaudiya Vaishnavism

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| known_for = Codifying Gaudiya Vaishnavism

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| relatives = Umapati Dhara, Haladhar Sen, Gouri Sen

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| philosophy = Achintya Bheda Abheda

| guru = Nityananda

| location = Vrindavan, India

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| honors = Dwadasha gopas, the 12 cowherd-boy associates from Goloka Vrindavan who were always in the company of Krishna and Balaram.

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Uddharan Dutta Thakur (উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর) ({{circa|1481|1541}}) was an Indian philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition, producing a great number of philosophical works on the theology and practice of Bhakti yoga, Vaishnava Vedanta and associated disciplines.{{Cite web|url= https://indianmythologyrk.blogspot.com/2020/07/Panchatattva.html |title= পঞ্চতত্ত্ব|website= eaibanglai.com }} He is known as one of the Dwadasha gopas, (the 12 cowherd-boy associates from Goloka Vrindavan who were always in the company of Krishna and Balaram).{{Cite web|url=https://hooghlyheritage.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE/|title= Uddharana Datta Thakura|website= hooghlyheritage.wordpress.com }}{{Cite web |title=পাতা:জীবনীকোষ-ভারতীয় ঐতিহাসিক-প্রথম খণ্ড.pdf/৩৬৯ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার |url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1.pdf/%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%AF |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=bn.wikisource.org |language=bn}}{{Cite web|url= https://tv9bangla.com/west-bengal/purba-bardhaman/covid19-in-ketugram-ketugram-mela-stopped-due-to-covid19-495462.html|title= ketugram mela stopped due to covid19 |website= tv9bangla.com |date= 16 January 2022 }}{{Cite book|title= Census of India, 1961, Volume 16, Issue 3 Census of India, 1961, India (Republic) Office of the Registrar General

|last= India (Republic) Office of the Registrar General|publisher= Manager of Publications |year= 1961 |location=New Delhi|pages= 546 }}

File:The Holy Madhavi vine tree at Uddharan Dutta Thakur's Sripat in Saptagram.jpg

Biography

=Genealogy=

Umapati Dhara, a minister in the court of Lakshmana Sena (c. 1178–1206), who was also one of the court poet of Lakshmana Sena. Several Prashasti like the Deopara Prashasti, a stone inscription eulogizing the Sena kings of Bengal was written by him. His father Kanjilal Dhar was lived in Sonergram, whose sister Bhagabati Devi was married to Bhabesh Dutta Ballāla Sena. Ballāla Sena regularly took big amount of loans from Gouri Sen and other members of Subarna Banik Community but never refound it. The community soon realize that Ballal Sen was misusing the whole money. So they decided that they wouldn't give him any more loans. Ballāla Sena was very much infuriated. He invited them in a local event, and forced to sit with the Sudra Community which the whole Suvarna Banik Community refused. After that Ballāla Sena created a whole social conspiracy and made this whole Suvarna Baniks were outcastes and lower category. They were not Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and announced them as equal to Shudras. Although the Subarna Banik Community wearing upabits they are treated as Sudras after the announcement. Ballāla Sena actually succeeded to publicly ostracize the whole community of Soner Gram from any respectability. People would mistreated with them, soon they were taken away from any religious privileges and lived under that dark cloud for a long time. At that time they started to flee away from Sonar Gram and started to find selter in different places in Bengal. Bhabesh Dutta finds a selter in Mithila. After the death of Ballal Sen, Umapati Dhara request to Lakshmana Sena to brings back his aunt as his father Kanjilal Dhar was worried about his sister. The Dutta family soon came back and started to live in Saptagram which was a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in that times. Uddharana Dutta was the ninth generation direct descendant of Krishna Dutta, son of Bhabesh Dutta.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.511519/page/n51/mode/2up| title= Uddharana Datta Thakura|website= archive.org | year= 1904}}{{Cite book|title=উদ্ধারণ দত্ত ঠাকুর [সংস্করণ-২] |last=দীননাথ ধর |publisher= Hare Press|year= 1904 |location=Kolkata|pages=94}}{{Cite web|url= https://monmastul.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87/|title= সন্নাসী রাজার ঘরে |website= monmastul.wordpress.com }}{{Cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20724/page/n5/mode/2up |title= হুগলি জেলার ইতিহাস ও বঙ্গসমাজ |website= archive.org |year= 1960 }}

File:Uddharan Dutta Temple 03.jpg

File:Uddharan Dutta Samadhi temple complex at Uddharanpur 01.jpg

Birth and early life

Uddharan Dutta Takur was born in the Saptagram area of Hooghly district, Bengal Sultanate, present-day West Bengal, India as Divakara Dutta. His mother was Bhadravati Devi, His father Srikara Dutta's family was from Subarna Gram in East Bengal.{{Cite web |title=পাতা:পৃথিবীর ইতিহাস - চতুর্থ খণ্ড (দুর্গাদাস লাহিড়ী).pdf/৮৪৪ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার |url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8_-_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_(%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%80).pdf/%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%AA |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=bn.wikisource.org |language=bn}} Divakar Dutta was the estate manager of a big Zamindar (Nairaja of Naihati old name Nabahatta) in Naihati, which was about one and a half miles north of the city Katwa.{{Cite web |last=সংবাদদাতা |first=নিজস্ব |title=বৈষ্ণব সাধকের স্মৃতিতে আজও মজে উদ্ধারণপুর |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/bardhaman/ব-ষ-ণব-স-ধক-র-স-ম-ত-ত-আজও-মজ-উদ-ধ-রণপ-র-1.106275 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}} The relics of this royal family of Nairaja are still visible near the Dainhat railway station. Since Divakara Dutta was the manager of the estate, and he has an office there, the Jamindari place was bought from Nabab Husen Sah by Divakara Dutta (Uddharan Dutta Thakura) now known as Uddharanpur.{{Cite web|url= https://gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com/tag/uddharana-datta-thakura |title= Uddharana Datta Thakura|website= gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com }}{{Cite web |title=Bongodorshon |url=https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/uddharpuron-ghat-and-rar-bengal |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Bongodorshon {{!}} বাংলার যা কিছু উৎকৃষ্ট আর ভালো তাকেই সামনে আনছে}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.shyamdasbaba.com/associates/sri-uddharana-datta-thakur/ |title= Lord Chaitanya's Associate Sri Uddharana Datta Thakur |website= shyamdasbaba.com }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.milansagar.com/kobi_4/boishnabpodaboli/debakinandan/kobi-debakinandan_kobita2.html/|title= Kobi Debakinandan er boishnabpodaboli |website= milansagar.com }}

= Uddharana Dutta Thakur leaves home=

Divakara Dutta married to Suprasanna Devi who is the sister of Haladhar Sen. Haladhar Sen is a direct descendant of Gouri Sen. But his wife died in a young age at the time of giving delivery of their only son at that time he was only 26. When Nityananda Prabhu returned to Bengal at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's request, He decided to abandon His avadhuta status and get married after receiving Lord Caitanya's instructions. Nityananda remained a few days in Khardaha (Now in North 24 prgs) and then went on to Saptagram with his troupe of associates. They stayed at the home of the Divakara Dutta on the banks of the Triveni for continuously more than three months.{{Cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/murali_vilasa/page/n31/mode/2up |title= Murali Vilasa |website= archive.org |date= 11 November 2019 }} Completely surrendered to the feet of Nityananda Prabhu Divakara Dutta worshipped him and became his favorite cook. The entire caste of gold merchants was purified by the presence of Divakara Datta at the time of his initiation (Diksha) by Nityananda Prabhu (RadhaKrishna Mantra) in the Saptami of Bengali Aghrahayana month. After Nityananda Prabhu's instructed him not to wear Upabita and from that time he stopped to wearing Upabita. From that time Bengali Baishya and Khratya community from the Bengali Hindu culture stopped to wearing Upabita {{Cite web|url= http://www.bangabidya.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2-Bangabidya.pdf |title= গৌড়ীয় বৈষ্ণব ভাবান্দোলন দ্বারা সমাজের রূপান্তর সাধন |website= bangabidya.org }} After the initiation (Diksha) he was named as Uddharana Dutta Thakura. Uddharana Dutta Thakura started a Doi-Chida Utsav by the order of Nityananda Prabhu in Saptagram. Later the marriage of Nityananda Prabhu was aided by the help of Uddharan Dutta Thakur.{{Cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/narottama_vilasa|title= Sri Narottama Vilasa|website= archive.org |date= 7 April 2018}}{{Cite book|title= Sri Narottama Vilasa |last= Srila Narahari Chakravarti |publisher= Shri Kishori Das Babaji |date= 2018-04-07 |location=Kolkata|pages= 160 }}

{{Cite book|title=Nityananda Prabhur Bongshobistar|last= Vrindavan Das Thakur|publisher= Nabin Chandra Adhya |year= 1874|location=Kolkata}}

{{Cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/murali_vilasa/page/n31/mode/2up |title= Murali Vilasa |website= archive.org |date= 11 November 2019 }} He spend Rs 10,000/- at his guru"s marriage.{{Cite book|title= ভক্তি-রত্নাকর|last= SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR |publisher= Generic |year= 2015 |location=Kolkata|pages=662}}{{Cite book|title= Bhakti-ratnakara (The Jewel-filled Ocean of Devotional Service) |last= SRILA NARAHARI CHAKRAVARTI THAKUR |translator= KUSAKRATHA DASA |publisher= RAS BIHARI LAL AND SONS |year= 2006| isbn=9788184030006|location=Kolkata|pages=635}}{{Cite book|title= চৈতন্য ভাগবত |last= Vrindavan Das Thakur |publisher= AKSHOY LIBRARY|year= 1426| isbn=9788184030006|location=Kolkata|pages=672}}{{Cite book|title= উদ্ধারণ দত্ত কথামৃত|last=বৈদ্যনাথ ভৌমিক |publisher= Smt Suchitra Bhowmik|year= 2015|location=Nadia}}{{Cite book|title= Murali Vilasa|last=Rajavallabha Gosvami|publisher= Sri Kṛiṣṇa Janmasthana Seva Saṃsthana|year= 1987|location=Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India|pages=206}}

= Charity Work=

Uddharana Dutta Thakura started an Anna satra in the dearth of 1507 AD. He used 30 Bigha of land for the work of Kitchen and storeroom for that purpose. The place is now known as Tiris Bigha Gram. The land was later donate for Adi Saptagram Railway Station. He cleaned Bhedobana (Bhadra Bana and made small cottages for poor people{{Cite web|url= https://ia801601.us.archive.org/21/items/uddharana_datta_kathamrita/uddharana_datta_kathamrita.pdf|title= Uddharana Datta Kathamrita|website=ia801601.us.archive.org}}

Later life

=Puri, Vrindavana, and disappearance =

Uddharan Dutta Thakur leaves Saptagram in the year 1528 AD and joined Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Puri in that year. He regularly cooked for Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. After staying 6 years in Puri, he went on to Vrindavana in middle of the year 1534 AD where he stayed for another six years with Six Goswamis of Vrindavana. Uddharan Datta Thakur left this world in the Shaka year 1463 (AD 1541), on the Krisna trayodasi of the month of Paush.{{Cite book|title= Chaitanya Bhagavata |last= Vrindavan Das Thakur| translator= BHUMIPATI DASA|publisher= RASBIHARI LAL & SONS |year= 2001|location=Kolkata}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.eaibanglai.com/take-a-look-at-the-festivals-in-january|title= জানুয়ারি মাসে কী কী উৎসব আছে একবার দেখে নিন |website= eaibanglai.com }}{{Cite book|title= হুগলি জেলার ইতিহাস ও বঙ্গসমাজ|last=সুধীর কুমার মিত্র |publisher= Dey’s Publishing |year= 1960 |isbn=978-81-295-1768-5 |location=Kolkata|pages=1939}} His main Samadhi Mandir was near Banshi Vat temple in Vrindavana. Later his two body parts were taken into West Bengal, one in Saptagram and other in Uddharanpur and made individual Samadhi temple there.

References

External links

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[http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=/pdf/Gaudiya_Books%20] (iskcondesiretree.info)
[http://www.gopaljiu.org/tmp/ggmbackup/ Gaudiya Grantha Mandira]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Sanskrit Texts)
[https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0:4990010054167_Uddharan_Dutta_Thakur_Ed._2nd,_Dhar,_Dinanath,_94p,_LANGUAGE._LINGUISTICS._LITERATURE,_bengali_(1924).pdf]
[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.354768]
[https://archive.org/details/BhaktiRatnakar/page/n5/mode/2up]

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