Thursday, April 19, 2012

History :


Brief life-sketch of
Sree Sree Thakur Ramchandra Dev
Sreesree Thakur Ramchandra Dev, a mysterious preceptor, descended to the world with taking birth at a common middle class Brahmin family of Dingamanik village under Naria Upazila of present Shariatpur district of the then greater Faridpur district of Bangladesh. He took birth to a Rarial Bharadwaz dynasty at 10 am of Shukladashami on Magh 21, 1266 Bangla, February 2, 1860 Thursday. The tale of his birth is full of illusion, supernaturalism and diversity.

Radhamadhab Chakraborty, father of the saint was very sincere and whole-hearted pious. He was a well-known and devoted Brahmin. Siddhatantracherjee Mritunjoy  Naypanchanon was his family sage. His place of meditation-'Panchabati' still exists in the eastern side of their home. He was a vegetarian for whole life. He acquired a fanatic capacity of tolerating  excessive cold during the winter season. This saint used to pray standing into the pond of cold water even at the shivering cold night of Magh. He left for eternity at the age of 50 in 1273 Bangla when the Thakur was only eight-year-old. The boyhood of Thakur, at the death of his father, was tossed seriously.
Sreesree Thakur's mother-Srimati Kamaladevi was very pious, simple and generous. She was well-reputed for devotion and sincerity to religion. She was ever vigilant while observing austerity and other worships. She paid heed to peace and happiness of others brushing aside of her own. He also passed away in the month of Jaistha in 1310 Bangla, 1903.
The ancestral home of the Thakur was at Japsa village of Faridpur (South Bikrampur). It was situated at a place about ten miles off north western Dingamanik. Japsa had good reputation owing to various reasons. Biddyalankar family was a famous Brahmin one in this village. The name of the father of Radhamadhob Chakraborty was Ranjoy Chakraborty. He expired in Japsa. Radhamadhob, father of the Thakur was compelled to enter into Dingamanik leaving Japsa as his ancestral homesteads was devoured by Kirtinasa-limb river of the Padma. He started to live there getting married Kamaladevi.
Sree Krishna Chandra Bhattacherjee, grandfather of Kamaladevi-mother of Sreesree Thakur was a noted scriptural scholar. He was the house-pandit of 'Rajnagar'., established by the then king Rajbhallaba. Pandit  Krishnachandra obtained huge endowed property as reward from the king as per convention of the then period. Sadhonananda Bhattacherjee, his elder son owned one third of his property by heir. His lone daughter Kamaladevi became the heiress of the said property as he died.
The Thakur had four brothers including twin and a sister. Elder brother Kalikumar was righteous and philanthropist. He was attacked with serious rheumatism at his youth age, although, saved due to his father's efforts but became bed-ridden as his both the legs paralyzed for ever. He passed off his life in worships sacrificing himself at the hands of the almighty. Second elder brother-Jagabandhu was very simple and generous. Sreesree Thakur joined the funeral rites while he left for eternity. Sreesree Thakur's twin one  Laksman Thakur was laborious, philanthropist and righteous. His body was amazed on hearing the name of Hari. Life bachelor Laksman Thakur always devoted himself for the service of ailing humanity. He was well-known to all as "Haribola". He died of cholera at the age of 57/58. Kashimoni, the lone elder sister of the Thakur was of simple and  obliging character. All loved her owing to her sweet behaviour.
There was no lacking of care about the education of the Thakur by his parents, no want of amenities also. There was a secondary high school in front of muslim jamindar house at Kartikpur which turned as Kartikpur High School later. Sreesree Thakur got admitted there. But he had no willingness to study although used to go to school regularly like others. He did not take education in the school later due to this unwillingness.
Sreesree Thakur was not impatient like other boys in his early days, although, interested in sports. Patience and amiable personality were exposed to him. All irrespective of  elder and younger were amazed with his simplicity, short speaking and excellent behaviour. He was very laborious and devoted to religion. He was exclusively allegiant and devoted to superiors including parents, brothers and sisters and neighbours. He would discharge laborious works unhesitatingly. He prepared the images of gods and goddesses with earth and worshipped them with spontaneous joy. He had strong desire for supernatural music. Ramayana songs were very popular in that area. He used to go to  different places with his brother-Laksman to hear the Ramayana songs with the consent of his mother. Once Sreesree Thakur told his mother "oh mother, Ramayana songs speak only of myself and Laksman". He was expert in thorough telling, hearing and reading of religious books like Sreematbhagawat and Puran etc. He was fond of Shyama Sangeet He paid much heed to odds. His heart was in eternal world, although worked externally. Expiry of his father and Mritunjoy Nayapanchanon, afterwards, brought about a spiritual change to the life of the boy-Ramchandradev. He became frustrated and mum. His such change over made all including the guardians 'anxious'. Observing this change over of 9-year-old Ramchandra, somebody thought upanayana could help solve the problem. Kalikumar Chakraborty, elder brother of the Thakur accomplished the upanayana of Ram and Laksman becoming 'Acherjee'. He fed them 'panchagabbya' before the upanayana as per convention of the than society. Then the Thakur forbade rice from that day for ever. Although, some exceptions were made for a few times, it was only at the request of his mother and the special disciples. But he felt sick again and again to carry out the requests. A handsome saint appeared before them while floating 'Danda' with his mother Kamaladevi after the 'upanayana'. He looked at Ram straightly and prayed to his mother for handing over the boy to him. But what a pity! Ram, he's my eyeball. Nobody hands over such a boy to any sage!. The saint, although, overturned on that day, but Ramtanu was  gripped in his heart.
Upanayana didn't help to relieve his restlessness rather initiated close nearness to the nature. Supernatural beacon is urging him in free home of infinite sky. Ram is now engaged himself with prayer amidst uttering key hymns and  he started to be illuminated with the induction an eternal power under the ray of meditation. His sacrificed life is going on under the urge of an eternal guide. He as like as initiated to be unified with Bhagawatdham after being exposed with an eternal ray amid internal soul.
Four years passed off since the expiry of his father. A good moment knocked, at that time, in his life. Ram is in deep sleep with quite happiness. Suddenly, a handsome saint emerged in front of him while dreaming. The saint uttered key hymns near his ear and said "oh boy, utter this regularly and effectively, path of freedom would be opened soon". A great power was started to flourishing automatically in the inter-life of boy Ram under the influence of hymns he heard in dreams as a reform of rebirth. New shape of eternal grace begin to be exposed, although Ram wanted to stay aloof.
A lot of extra-ordinary incidents were exposed during his visit to Chandranath of Sitakund Upazila under Chittagong district and at the Kalipuja organized by the  town at the age of 12 years and began to pass-off days by engaging himself in a spiritual world.
In order to sacrificing himself to the supernatural world completely, Ram crossed over many thorny and hilly ways and was on prayer awaiting a pass moment with spiritual heart at the annual Ambubachi festival of Kamrup Kamakkya-one of the world's places of real power where he met his  preceptor Sree Anangadev. Later the Thakur was converted and started Himalayan tour.  He, by the grace of his preceptor, during Himalayan tour, came to the touch of a lot of supernatural places of meditation. Gods and goddesses and great saints and back to locality with a responsibility of great inter-relation of supernatural power reflecting indomitable will of fate to flow in supernatural activities as a perfect 'Brahmabid'. Sreesree Thakur adopted diversified activities of meditation world as his allowances of traveling being imbued with the touch of the preceptor faculty and sacrificed himself for the cause of suffering animals obeying the order of the preceptor. He started his mission from that day to awake the neglected humanity of  a special part of the then undivided India .He began to disburse 'Sreenam' among the drowning men for their eternal emancipation (Koiballya). 'Great hymn is the only way of unifying between individual soul and supreme spirit in 'koli period' - it is one of his messages. He paved the way of eternal freedom of humanity exposing his own form with the dispersed light of spiritual freedom during his life. His life was the store of unlimited amorous sport. He is still not paled with the light of supernatural activities regularly with exclusive disciples after fifty years of his departure.
Innumerable disciples from both home and abroad are continuing regular prayer with strong desire to be covered with piety life through adopting great power of 'Sreenam'. They are working with indomitable will to be enlightened with joyous world making their life 'Rammoy' by the touch of Sreesree Koiballyanath.
He enriched the store of amorous activities awakened qualities and paved the way of spiritual freedom with a view to building a society free of all sorts of discrimination and prejudices during his entire ninety-year life. He left for eternity at 1.30 pm on May one,1949,18th Baishakh ,1356 Bangla at the Bunglow of Upendra Saha in Chowmuhani area of Noakhali in Bangladesh. His graveyard was fixed at that room where he passed away and a grave-temple now exists there. A mammoth Mohotshob is observed there every year with the participation of lakhs of devotees. They are visiting the place regularly with a strong desire to relieve from earthly sufferings after being sacrificed themselves to the legs of Sreesree Thakur.

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