Sitaramdas omkarnath biography of martin

Faith in the divine Name is not blind faith. Call Him howsoever you will, call Him, standing, sitting, eating, going to bed - peace shall be yours. The central theme on the beneficence of divine chanting Naam of "Hare Krishna Hare Ram", regarded as the "Tarak Brahma Naam" the chant of soul deliverance in Kali Yuga and liberation from cycle of birth and death.

As such, his disciples continue to worship him as an incarnation of the Lord himself and is regarded as a source of spiritual enlightenment and soul succour to seekers.

On 17th of February, , one of the greatest saints of modern times was born at Keota, a small village in the district of Hooghly of West Bengal, to a pious Brahmin couple Dr. Pranhari Missing: martin.

Sitaramdas Omkarnath wrote more than books to promote the essence of Indian scriptures, built more than 60 temples and ashrams all across India, and founded his spiritual organisation Akhil Bharat Jaiguru Sampradaya, [ 6 ] established many groups, temples, mutts, both within and outside the Sampradaya and was also the initiator of multiple magazines like Pather Alo , Devjan , JaiGuru , Arya Nari , Paramananda , and The Mother.

His name consecrated at birth was Prabodh Chandra Chattopadhyay , and his birth parents were Pranhari Chattopadhyay and Mallyabati Devi. Father Pranhari was a Brahmin and worked as a village physician in Dumurdaha, Hooghly district. A childhood incidence came to be known about him once he attained his spiritual supremacy.

Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath (17 February – 6 December ) was an Indian saint and a spiritual master from Bengal.

Once as a young child, then Prabodh Chandra Chattopadhyay he was listening to the mahamantra HareKrishna Nama Sankirtan, and he attained "Samadhi" spiritual communion state in altered consciousness during the Kirtan. But as assumed by local villagers, he was thought to have fainted. However an ascetic present at the venue, told his grandmother that he has not fainted but attained samadhi.

If Ganges water is sprayed on him and lord Rama's name is sung to him, he will recover from samadhi and he resumed his normal conscious state. In , his birth mother Mallyabati Devi passed away, leaving infant Prabodh, then four years old, in the care of his extended family. Father Pranhari remarried a much younger Giribala Devi, aged 10 to 11 years at that time; who went on to dedicate her life till death, at the service of this family and raising her foster children as her own, Prabodh being the youngest.

Pranhari passed away in Omkarnath attended a village school but then determined that Dasarathidev Yogeswar of Digsui village should be his guru.