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Upliftment of the Namasudra community (Then known as Chandal) Children. Guruchand Thakur. Relatives. Pramatha Ranjan Thakur (great-grandson) Harichand Thakur (30 March 1812 – 5 March 1878), was a social reformer who worked among the untouchable people of the Bengal Presidency. He founded the Matua sect of Hinduism. [1][2]
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.
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 ]
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 (Gaudiya Vaishnavism sect) 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 ...
e. Haridasa Thakur (IAST: Haridāsa Ṭhākura, born 1451 or 1450 [1]) was a Vaishnava saint known for playing a part in the initial propagation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. He is considered to be a known convert of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, along with Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami. His story of integrity and faith in the face of adversity is told ...
Anukul chandra Chakravarty. Pabna District, British India, now Bangladesh. Yuga Purusottom Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra (14 September 1888 – 27 January 1969), popularly known as Sree Sree Thakur, was an Indian homeopathic physician and spiritual guru [1][2][3] and the founder of Satsang, in Deoghar, Jharkhand. [4][5] He was born in a Brahmin ...
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).