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Santadas Kathiababa
Personal
Born(1859-06-10)10 June 1859
Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died8 November 1935(1935-11-08) (aged 76)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
DenominationVaishnavism
SectNimbarka Sampradaya
Known forSpiritual guru
Signature
Organization
PhilosophyVedanta
Religious career
GuruRamdas Kathiababa
Disciples
Websitesrikathiababa.org
HonorsKathia Baba

Santadas Kathiababa (10 June 1859 – 8 November 1935; pre-ashramite name Tara Kishore Chowdhury[1][page needed][2][page needed]) was a Hindu monk who headed the Nimbarka Sampradaya in present-day India.[3][page needed][4][page needed] A yogi and monk of Nimbarka order, he was a philosopher, writer and religious leader. Former Kumbh Mela President Yogi.[5][6][page needed]

Early life

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Santadas Kathiababa's father, Zamindar Har Kishore Chowdhury, was prominent zamindar of Habiganj in Greater Sylhet. 7-year-old Tara Kishore Chowdhury[7][page needed] was admitted to an English-language school built by the zamindar's father, Har Kishore Chowdhury Tara Kishore Chowdhury joined Calcutta Presidency College for higher education.[8][page needed] From there he passed BA in first class. Graduated from Calcutta University in 1885 with an MA in philosophy and a degree in law. In 1885 he returned to his native Sylhet.[citation needed]

Asceticism

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Santadas Kathiababa Kumbh Mela President Yogi 1915

Even after Santadas Kathiababa received initiation in a miraculous way,[which?][9][page needed] he took initiation as a woman in a natural way[clarification needed] on the day of Janmashtami in 1894 in Vrindavan, India.[citation needed]

The life of Santadas Kathiababa Maharaj is glorious. Student life attracted towards Brahminism. He was thoughtful and inquisitive from childhood. He was particularly interested in metaphysics and religion. He left Hinduism and became a monotheist while studying in the first year class. In 1915, he gave up his thirty-year career as an advocate and left for Vrindavan with his wife. He donated all his property and wealth to the people of Calcutta. He paid off the debts of many debtors. From Calcutta city to Vrindavan the train fare was not even. Calcutta lawyers, businessmen, students, old people, women bid farewell to Tara Kishore Chowdhury with a procession. After becoming a monk in Vrindavan, his name was Maharaja Santadas Kathiababa. After Maharaj came to Vrindavan, he did not sleep day and night, and he was always busy with meditation. He used to eat little food. Kumbh Mela is the biggest fair in India. Crores of people from all over India attend this fair. Get the responsibility of the director of the Kumbh Mela. He is also the first Bengali in this post. In 1931, he founded an ashram in Shivpur, Howrah. Tara Kishore Chowdhury established Nimbarka Ashram in Sylhet city in July 1934.[10][page needed]

Achievement

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Santadas Kathiababa joined the Bangladesh Sylhet Bar in 1885.[dubious – discuss] After staying in Sylhet for four years, he joined the law profession at the Calcutta High Court. His fame spread in the Calcutta High Court. Advocate Tara Kishore Chowdhury was considered the second-best lawyer at Calcutta High Court (Sir Rash Behari Ghosh was considered best). In 1912,[11][page needed] the British Government appointed him to the post of Attorney General of Calcutta High Court. He was the first Bengali Attorney General of Calcutta High Court.[12][page needed] In August 1915, he was appointed as a judge of Calcutta High Court. He resigned after joining the post of judge.[13][page needed]

References

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  1. ^ Kathiababa, Swami Dhananjaya (2006). Swami Santadas Kathiya Baba Ji Maharaj- Jibon Charitra (Bengali) (in Bengali) (2012 ed.). Kolkata: Swami Santadas Institute of Culture. ISBN 8186710353.
  2. ^ Debiprasad Bhattacharya, Gangadevi Panchatirth. Santadas Kathamrita (2014 ed.). India: Sri Brindaban Bihari Das. ISBN 9789383883011.
  3. ^ Kathiababa, Santadas. Patanjal Darshana (Bengali) (in Bengali) (2006 ed.). Kolkata, India: Swami Santadas Institute of Culture. ISBN 8186710221.
  4. ^ Babaji Maharaj, Swami Santdas. Guru Shishya Sangbad (in Bengali) (2017 ed.). India: SRI BRINDABAN BIHARI DAS. ISBN 9789383883059.
  5. ^ দানিয়াড়ী, অতীন্দ্র (March 21, 2021). "অভুক্ত মেথর! সন্তদাসের নির্দেশে ফের শুরু হল রান্না". Eisamay Gold.
  6. ^ Pakrashi, Chittaranjan. Dillir Bangali: A Reasearch[sic] Work on Bengalis of Delhi by Chittaranjan Pakrashi (in Bengali). Sristisukh Prokashan LLP. ISBN 978-1-943438-24-2.
  7. ^ Kathiababa, Santadas. Sankya Darshan (in Bengali) (2008 ed.). West Bengal, India: Swami Santadas Institute of Culture. ISBN 8186710612.
  8. ^ Vishwarupananda, Swami. Vedanta Darshan (Set of 4 Volumes) (in Bengali) (2021 ed.). Kolkata, India: Udbodhan Karyalaya. ISBN 818040238X.
  9. ^ Debiprasad, Bhattacharya. Brahmavadin Rsis and Brahmavidya Swami Santadas (2014 ed.). Sukhchar Kathiya Baba Ashram. ISBN 9789383883004.
  10. ^ Debasis, Bagchi. Sermon Supreme (Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Santadasji Vrajavidehi) (in English and Sanskrit) (2018 ed.). West Bengal, India: Sri Brindaban Bihari Das. ISBN 9789383883134.
  11. ^ Kathiyababa, Dr. Swami Dwarakadas (2017). Vedanta Siddhanta Ratnanjali of Nimbarka Sampradaya (in Sanskrit and Hindi) (2017 ed.). Varanasi: Bharatiya Vidya Sansthan. ISBN 9789381189610.
  12. ^ Brajvidehi, Mahant Shri Swami Santdasji (January 2011). Vedanta Darshan According to Dvaitadvaita of Nimbarka (in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English) (2011 ed.). India: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. ISBN 9788180902819.
  13. ^ Bagchi, Debasis (2008). Nimbarka Philosophy: The Philosophy of the Most Ancient Vaisnava Sect (2008 ed.). Deepak Prakashani. ISBN 9788190667302.

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