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Thakur Anukulchandra & His Educational Thoughts
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Today is the appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Brief Biography of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, then known as Kedarnatha Datta was born in 1838, in Birangara (Bengal). The youngest of seven sons, his father Raja Krisananda Datta was a great devotee of Lord Nityananda. The family lived in fairly wealthy circumstances, until Kedarnatha’s father passed away in 1849, when they were reduced to poverty. In 1850, Kedarnatha’s mother arranged a marriage with the five-year-old daughter of Madhusudana Mitra Mahasaya; a resident of Rana Ghata.
Kedarnatha was taught by his uncle Kasiprasada Ghosh Mahasaya Thakura, at his home in Calcutta. Kasiprasada, having studied under the British education system was a central figure in many literary circles and the editor of the Hindu Intelligencer. Kedarnatha studied his uncle’s books and helped him in submitting articles to the newspaper. He became an expert in English as a reader, speaker
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Ananda Thakur was born of a brahmin family in Chittagong, West Bengal, India, and came to Calcutta to study Ayurvedic medicine. He wished to remain celibate and possibly become a renunciant, but his mother on her deathbed said that Annada must either declare lifelong celibacy then and there, or he must have a marriage arranged for him. He left the decision to her, and she arranged a marriage for him with a young woman named Manikuntala. After the marriage, Thakur’s mother made a remarkable recovery, which was attributed to the auspicious influence of the bride.
Thakur began a business in Calcutta manufacturing Ayurvedic remedies, but he was subject to visions and trances which made work difficult for him. In his autobiography, he speaks about his first significant vision, when he saw a statue of Kali carried by four girls through the streets. However, nobody else on the street saw them, and he was told by the people he questioned about the vision that he was crazy. When he