By Ranita Sinha, Kolkata
Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur, the great saint of the Bishnupriya Manipuri Community was born on 26th October, 1871, in a remote village of Cachar district called Baropua in the state of Assam. He was born to a Xatriya Manipuri family. His father Sri Sanatan Pandit was a Sanskrit teacher and mother Srimati Malati Devi, a house wife.
Sadhu Baba from his childhood was indifferent to all worldly happenings. He was engrossed in chanting the name of Lord Krishna. Along with other students of his age, Sadhu Baba started taking lessons of grammar and other spiritual literature from his father. At a very young age he lost his mother but he was brought up with utmost love and care by his step mother.
At the age of eighteen, Sadhu baba lost his father, so, to continue his spiritual education under the guidance of Rajpandit Mineshwas Swarbabhwam Bhattacherjee, he went to Tripura. But within one year he made up his mind to visit all the holy places and as such he took permission from his Guruji and set out to fulfill his desire. Within four years, with the grace of Lord Govinda, Sadhu Baba visited all the holy places and reached Vrindavana.
There he took Diksha from Shrila Krishnadas Vaivaigya Thakur. During his stay in Vrindavana, Sadhu Baba was loved and respected by all. Seeing his devotion towards Lord Krishna and the Bhagavat Gita, Sadhu Baba was given the title of ‘Thakur’ by his Guru at a meeting of the Vaishnavas.
Few years later sadhu Baba came to the dream land of Shri Radha Rani, Nawadeep. Here seeing his pure Vaishnav attire and his devotion towards Lord Krishna, Sadhu Baba was allowed to stay in Shri Govinda Mandir. There he led his life eating whatever little he had by begging. He stayed in the mandir and served the Lord for 25 long years and with the help of the Vaishnavas of different other communities Sadhu Baba accumulated eighty thousand rupees and renovated the Mandir with marble stone. There he had lots of pupils who came to learn about spiritual literature and his devotional songs were liked by all.
But there were some people who were against Sadhu Baba’s teachings and his devotional songs. But Sadhu Baba did not give up. He took help from the Pandits of Vrindavana and published a book named ‘Sri Sri Hariram Mongol’, where his teachings and devotional songs were said to be true. But still due to the rude behavior of the people who were against him, Sadhu Thakur one day decided to leave Nawadeep and proceed towards Vrindavana and was waiting in the railway station for the train.
At that time, Lord Krishna ordered Sri Krishna Dutta, a resident of Nawadeep, in his dreams to stop Sadhu Thakur from leaving Nawadeep. Sri Krishna Dutta went to the station and narrated the whole story to Sadhu Baba and brought him back and donated a piece of land and asked Sadhu Baba to establish Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir there. Later with the help of devotees that visited the mandir Sadhu Baba, within a short span of four years, established Shri Shri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir, popularly known as Govindobari. The Bishnupriya Manipuri Community also helped Sadhu Thakur a lot to establish the mandir.
On 17th July 1940, Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar sadhu Thakur left for heavenly abode while chanting the name of Lord Krishna, at the age of sixty nine. Till date the daily puja rituals of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir is done following the terms and conditions laid down by Sadhu Thakur.
Dear Reader these writing may not be upto the mark. It is just an effort from my part. It is a drop in the ocean. So, please feel free to point out any error so that it can be rectified.
Photo: Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur by bipulsarma2003
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Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur, the great saint of the Bishnupriya Manipuri Community was born on 26th October, 1871, in a remote village of Cachar district called Baropua in the state of Assam. He was born to a Xatriya Manipuri family. His father Sri Sanatan Pandit was a Sanskrit teacher and mother Srimati Malati Devi, a house wife.
Sadhu Baba from his childhood was indifferent to all worldly happenings. He was engrossed in chanting the name of Lord Krishna. Along with other students of his age, Sadhu Baba started taking lessons of grammar and other spiritual literature from his father. At a very young age he lost his mother but he was brought up with utmost love and care by his step mother.
At the age of eighteen, Sadhu baba lost his father, so, to continue his spiritual education under the guidance of Rajpandit Mineshwas Swarbabhwam Bhattacherjee, he went to Tripura. But within one year he made up his mind to visit all the holy places and as such he took permission from his Guruji and set out to fulfill his desire. Within four years, with the grace of Lord Govinda, Sadhu Baba visited all the holy places and reached Vrindavana.
There he took Diksha from Shrila Krishnadas Vaivaigya Thakur. During his stay in Vrindavana, Sadhu Baba was loved and respected by all. Seeing his devotion towards Lord Krishna and the Bhagavat Gita, Sadhu Baba was given the title of ‘Thakur’ by his Guru at a meeting of the Vaishnavas.
Few years later sadhu Baba came to the dream land of Shri Radha Rani, Nawadeep. Here seeing his pure Vaishnav attire and his devotion towards Lord Krishna, Sadhu Baba was allowed to stay in Shri Govinda Mandir. There he led his life eating whatever little he had by begging. He stayed in the mandir and served the Lord for 25 long years and with the help of the Vaishnavas of different other communities Sadhu Baba accumulated eighty thousand rupees and renovated the Mandir with marble stone. There he had lots of pupils who came to learn about spiritual literature and his devotional songs were liked by all.But there were some people who were against Sadhu Baba’s teachings and his devotional songs. But Sadhu Baba did not give up. He took help from the Pandits of Vrindavana and published a book named ‘Sri Sri Hariram Mongol’, where his teachings and devotional songs were said to be true. But still due to the rude behavior of the people who were against him, Sadhu Thakur one day decided to leave Nawadeep and proceed towards Vrindavana and was waiting in the railway station for the train.
At that time, Lord Krishna ordered Sri Krishna Dutta, a resident of Nawadeep, in his dreams to stop Sadhu Thakur from leaving Nawadeep. Sri Krishna Dutta went to the station and narrated the whole story to Sadhu Baba and brought him back and donated a piece of land and asked Sadhu Baba to establish Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir there. Later with the help of devotees that visited the mandir Sadhu Baba, within a short span of four years, established Shri Shri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir, popularly known as Govindobari. The Bishnupriya Manipuri Community also helped Sadhu Thakur a lot to establish the mandir.
On 17th July 1940, Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar sadhu Thakur left for heavenly abode while chanting the name of Lord Krishna, at the age of sixty nine. Till date the daily puja rituals of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir is done following the terms and conditions laid down by Sadhu Thakur.
Dear Reader these writing may not be upto the mark. It is just an effort from my part. It is a drop in the ocean. So, please feel free to point out any error so that it can be rectified.
Photo: Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur by bipulsarma2003
For more interesting stories. CLICK
For more Bisnhupriya Manipuri stories
Bishnupriya Manipuri Status in Google
Bishnupriya Manipuri Juggles Over Inter-Caste Marriage
Bishnupriya Manipuri Name Embossed
Bishnupriya Manipuri Knot
hi risikesh this is subrata bro u hv done a grt job,...its really vry nice to see that smeone is taking very active part in spreading the Bishnupriya Community,.....i m glad that u d first one to take the initial step to think n write ovr our devotee Sadhu Baba,......we all must b grateful to u,....its vry fantastic of whatsoevr u hv written,......ALL THE BEST.
ReplyDeleteHi, madam Ranita..
ReplyDeleteHats off to you. its highly commendable...all the posts u had were just fabulous...i love to read...well we may or may not know each other personally but as we both belong to the BM community ...i m sure enough that if we explore we may diffinitely discover ourselves...and prove one of Rishi's post which described...ooh tite amar omukar....Well i also love to write on community related issues and try to post in my own words despite of the busy schedules...thanks to you and Rishi ...as i had seen u both as first contributors....looking for more posts from you...Regards..
The endeavour for focussing the biography of a pioneer saint of BPM community is indeed appreciable.Bubhaneswar shadu Thakur was crazy throughout his life for the realisation of supra-mundane reality.The irresistible urge for spiritualism made him to lead an ascetic life.He is the rarest personality who opted cyrenism in life sojourn.
ReplyDeleteIn the last para some minor mistake has croppedup may be inadvertantly inrespect of words 'heavenly above'.The correct form will be 'heavenly abode'.The article will no doubt carry information of a saintly person to the readers and the members to the BPM community.
Most probably Sri Sri Shadu Thakur has composed a devotional sanskrit work namely 'GOVINDA CHINTA CHURAMANI'which bears a poetic talent of the saint.
Dear Rini thanks for ur comment and thanks a lot for pointing out the mistake. It is indeed a big mistake which just went unnoticed .....and thanks for providing the information regd. "Govinda Churamoni"....I will do the necessary changes.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks a lot Mr Subrata and Mr B.N. Sinha for ur comments. It gives a boost to my moral.
And Mr B.N I think u will know me, i m the daughter-in-law of ur very village, Bhagatpur. I m the youngest daughter-in- law of Nishi Kanta Sinha of New Bhagatpur.
ranita boudi...
ReplyDeleteyou mean to say u r rajatda's..? grt..pl ask him if he knows me.. if he denies then next time when i ll be in kolkata , i will come to ur home and give him a nostalgic pill... he will remember the days we took tution together and played cricket... he might give you the family history...Now as u turned out to be my relative and for that i definitely deserve " tor aator irolpa ahaan"...C u in kolkata...regards to yoy and Mr Anindya Kanti Sinha..
This is excellent work by Ranita & I really appreciate her works... Its great to see somebody is taking active part to get our fellow community people know more about Shadhu Baba...highly commendable...hats off to both Ranita & Rishi.
ReplyDeleteSri Sri Bhubaneshwar Sadhu Thakur . i must say this is one of the best written article on THakur..
ReplyDeleteit has got lot of essence and importance.
moreover i am thankful to Ranita of her work since before her wrting i was not knowing much about Sadhu Thakur.
Again thanks..
hi guys,
ReplyDeleteI am very new to this whole thing.. but i must say the information on the blog was not only very well written but also very well presented. A very well deserved "star" for the first end news.
Keep the good work going.
Regards and best wishes
Suroshree Sinha
Please correct the date of birth/ death as "26th Oct.1970 to 17th July 1939". I got the information from the website "http://www.srisribhubaneswarsadhuthakur.com/".
ReplyDeleteThanks