Sri Sri Harichand Thakur

Harichand Thakur, sometimes known as Sri Sri Harichand Thakur, was God in Bengal. He worked among the subaltern population. Harichand Thakur was born in the Namasudra (Namassej) community in Bengal on 11 March 1812 in Orakandi of the Kashiani Upazila in Gopalganj district, located in present-day Bangladesh.

Life and family

He was one of six sons of Namasudra or Namassej (then called Chandala) peasant family that was thought to be belong to the Gautama clan (later, the community members agreed to be identified as belonging to Kasyapa clan; in the different census reports of the nineteenth century, the Namasudras were found to have identified themselves as belonging to four different clans or gotras). Born in 1812 at Safaladanga, Gopalgaunge, his birthname was Sri Harichand Biswas. He moved to Odakandi, Faridpur. At a very early age, he accepted the path of religious reformation for giving service to and uplifting the subaltern people of Bengal. He experienced atmadarshan (self-realisation) and preached his ideologies and religious philosophy in twelve commandments and asked his followers to pursue his works. He established Matua Mahasangha. His followers consider him as God (Thakur) Harichand and as an avatar(incarnation) of Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna .Thus, he became known as Sri Sri Harichand Thakur.

Shri Harichand was married with Shri Shanti Mata and they had two sons. One son was Shri Guruchand Thakur. Shri Harichand Thakur died at Odakandi in 1877. His son, Shri Guruchand Thakur, has been the leader of the awakening of Namasudra people.

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