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Harichand Thakur was born in a vaishnavite Namashudra peasant family in 1811 in the Safaladangagram of Gopalgunj of Faridpur district of what was then Bengal Presidency (now a part of Bangladesh). He was the son of Jashomanta Biswas (father) and Annapurna Devi (mother). [2][3] His family was a vaishnavite for generations and according to "Sri ...
Harichand Thakur was born to a peasant family belonging to the Namasudra community. According to historian Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Thakur "experienced atma darshan or self revelation, through which he realized that he was the incarnation of God himself, born in this world to bring salvation to the downtrodden". [3]
Orakandi Thakur Bari (Bangla: ওড়াকান্দি ঠাকুর বাড়ি) is a pilgrimage for Matua Community in Bangladesh. It is popularly known for the birthplace of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur , founder of the Matua Community and his son Sri Sri Guruchand Thakur , a social reformer.
Guruchand Thakur was born in Gopalganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India.He was the son of Harichand Thakur (Father) and Shanti Devi (Mother). His father Harichand Thakur whose ancestors were traditional Vaishnavites from Rarhdesh (described in 'Sri Sri Harililamrita ") was a great social reformer and founder of Matua Community.
Boro Maa. Boro Maa (Bengali: বড়মা, 21 September 1920 — 5 March 2019) was a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha, a Hindu religious reformation movement. Her original name was Binapani Devi Thakur; the name "Boro Maa" translates to "elder mother", an epithet for universal mother of Matua Community. She along with her husband Pramatha ...
Thakurnagar is named after Pramath Ranjan Thakur, the great-grandson of the founder of the Hindu Matuan movement, Harichand Thakur. [1] Due to the Thakurs' significance to the Matua Mahasangha, the village is considered the "Mecca of Matuas." [2] Today, Thakurnagar is best known for the nearby Thakur Bari ("House of the Thakurs" in English).
Thakur was a prominent member of the Namasudra community, whose great-grandfather, Harichand Thakur (1811/12-1878), had founded the Hindu religious sect called Matua Mahasangha. The sect, which was further developed by Pramatha's grandfather, Guruchand Thakur , became a focal point for the Namasudra community's efforts for social upliftment and ...
Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community, who have faced caste-based oppression and discrimination for centuries. [1][2][3] This literature encompasses various Indian languages such as Marathi, Bangla, Hindi, [4] Kannada, Punjabi, [5] Sindhi, Odia and Tamil and ...