Ghatal mandir

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Philanthropic activities

Satsang soup kitchen (called 'Anandabazar') at Satsang Nagar, Deoghar where millions are served each year.
Anukulchandra set up Tapovan Vidyalaya and a number of Arts and Science colleges to provide education to the community.[34] He set up the research laboratory called Viswa Vigyan Kendra. To promote fine arts Anukulchandra started the Satsang Kala Kendra. Gradually findings and learning were recorded in various books.

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MAN MAKING MISSION
At the end of 1919, at the height of his fame with kirtan and trance one evening Anukulchandra disappointed a mammoth crowd by not doing kirtan.[33] Anukulchandra started his new mission called 'labor of love'. With thousands of devotees living around him, Anukulchandra started his 'man making mission' with three guiding principles of 'Jajan', 'Jaajan' and 'Ishtavrity

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MAN MAKING MISSION
At the end of 1919, at the height of his fame with kirtan and trance one evening Anukulchandra disappointed a mammoth crowd by not doing kirtan.[33] Anukulchandra started his new mission called 'labor of love'. With thousands of devotees living around him, Anukulchandra started his 'man making mission' with three guiding principles of 'Jajan', 'Jaajan' and 'Ishtavrity

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KIRTAN and TRANCE
At the height of his success as a physician, Anukulchandra formed kirtan group which attracted whole host of people from all strata of the society. There are reports that claim that many of the outcast in the society like drug addicts, convicted killers, etc. came to his kirtan group and transformed into a normal human being.
Anukulchandra's fame slowly turned from being just a 'wonderful physician'[30] to a friend, a guide and a shelter. Anukulchandra at this time had started having formal devotee by the process of 'Initiation' (Bengali: দীক্ষা) in the 'Holy Name' that he had received from his own mother in the childhood. Ananta Maharaj, Kishori Mohan Das and Satishchadra Goswami were his first three initiated devotees.

In the years between 1914 and 1919, Anukulchandra, while performing kirtan went into trance. It is said that during these episodes of trance, utterances would come out of his mouth. The people around him started recording those messages and 71 days of such messages was later published as a book called 'Holy Book' (Bangla পুন্যপুথি).[29] The messages of these episodes has claims of his Providence. During this period of trance Anukulchandra's fame as a divine personality spread all over Bengal.This trance is called by his follower Bhabsamadhi .Following Mohaprobhu Shri Shri Chaitanya Dev He went to Chakratirtha in south 24 Pgs district of W.B. in India . There he reached this stage of trance. This place is the only identified location in India.In ancient time Chakratirtha was a plgrimage centre near-Sundarban mangrove forest. People from all over India started coming to see a glimpse of Anukulchandra. Many of them were repeat visitors and eventually moved to Himaitpur to stay with Anukulchandra.

As the followers grew and started living around him, in the year 1915, Anukulchandra's mother gave a name to the movement as 'Satsang'.

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MARRIAGE
At the age of 18 in the year 1906 (Bengali year 1313 on 28th day of Shrabana), Anukulchandra's parents arranged for him to marry Sorashibala, aged 11, daughter of Ramgopal Bhattacharya of Dhopadaha village, residing in Pabna town. Sri Sri Baromaa has significant contributions to the advancement of Satsang movement and is a role model to lakhs of devotees for being a supportive and caring wife. Thereafter he also married Sarbomangala Devi who is popularly known as Choto Ma .

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EDUCATAION
Anukulchandra started his formal education at Himaitpur village elementary school in 1893. In 1898, he was admitted to Pabna Institute and studied there up to the eighth grade.[8] He attended Raipur High School at Amirabad for a short period and then in Naihati High School in the 24 Parganas of West Bengal until 1905. He did not however graduate from high school. Biographies mention an incident where Anukulchandra gave away his matriculation exam registration fees to a classmate, who he found crying as he was not able to afford the registration fees.

Later Anukulchandra was admitted to the National Medical School of Bow Bazar in Calcutta. Anukulchandra tested-out of the school's high school diploma requirement.

In high school, Anukulchandra wrote several short plays, the first in 1905. He also wrote songs and poems which were later published in a book, Debjani-O-Anyanya. In 1910, Anukulchandra wrote some guiding instructions for one of his friend Atulchandra Bhattachariya, that was later published in 1918 as booklet called Satyanusaran (The Pursuit of Truth)

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Anukulchandra
was born on September 14, 1888 (Bhadra 30th, 1295 of Bengali Calendar) in Himaitpur village in the Pabna district of Bangladesh. His father was Sivachandra Chakravarty (Shandilya gotra Kanyakubja Brahmin) and his mother was Manomohini Devi.[7] According to many biographies, Anukulchandra's conduct and behavior was a little unusual and mysterious in nature from early childhood.[8] [9] Anukulchandra's extreme devotion to his mother was noted as one unusual characteristics. One math exam day, being late to prepare to go to school, Anukulchandra's mother angrily told him that he would not be able to answer a single math question. At exam, he did not write a single answer thinking, that would prove his mother wrong.