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{{Short description| | {{Short description|Indian writer and traveller (1910–1978)}} | ||
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| name | | name = <!-- use common name/article title -->Kalikananda Abadhut | ||
| image = Statue of Kalikananda Abadhuta at Uddharanpur 03.jpg | |||
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| caption | | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->Dulal Chandra Mukherjee | ||
| birth_name | | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per [[BP:DOB]]. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. -->2 November 1910 | ||
| birth_date | | birth_place = [[Bhawanipore]], [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
| birth_place | | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->13 April 1978 | ||
| death_date | | death_place = [[Chinsurah]], [[West Bengal]], India | ||
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| occupation = Writer | |||
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| occupation | | known_for = | ||
| years_active | | notable_works = ''Marutirtha Hinglaj''<br/>''Uddharanpurer Ghat'' | ||
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| notable_works = ''Marutirtha Hinglaj''<br>''Uddharanpurer Ghat'' | |||
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''' | '''Dulal Chandra Mukherjee''' (2 November 1910—13 April 1978), known by his pen name '''Kalikananda Abadhut''', was an Indian novelist, saint and traveller who wrote in [[Bengali language]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Abadhut born to Anathnath Mukherjee in [[Bhowanipore]], [[Kolkata]]. His real name was Dulal Chandra Mukherjee but he took a pen name Kalikananda Abadhut.<ref>{{Cite web|title=সংসার থেকে পালাতে গিয়ে অবধূত যেন বিশ্বসংসারের বাসিন্দা হয়ে গেলেন|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/a-special-write-up-on-novelist-kalikananda-abadhut-1.1177263|access-date=2021 | Abadhut born to Anathnath Mukherjee in [[Bhowanipore]], [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) of [[Bengal Presidency]]. His real name was Dulal Chandra Mukherjee but he took a pen name Kalikananda Abadhut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=সংসার থেকে পালাতে গিয়ে অবধূত যেন বিশ্বসংসারের বাসিন্দা হয়ে গেলেন |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/a-special-write-up-on-novelist-kalikananda-abadhut-1.1177263 |access-date=28 August 2021 |website=www.anandabazar.com |language=bn}}</ref> After the death of his wife he became saint in [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga]] Temple in [[Ujjain]]. He was mostly popular for his book ''Marutirtha Hinglaj'' which is based on real life experience about his pilgrimage to [[Hinglaj]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Swarupa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjE9DwAAQBAJ&dq=Kalikananda+Abadhut&pg=PA351|title=Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India, c. 1850-1927|date=1 November 2017|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-34976-6|language=en}}</ref> The film ''[[Marutirtha Hinglaj]]'' on his travelogue was also released in 1959.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjE9DwAAQBAJ&dq=kalikananda+abadhut+marutirtha&pg=PA351|title=Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India|last=Swarupa Gupta|date=November 2017|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004349766|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kff.in/film.php?f=436|title=Marutirtha Hinglaj|access-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043826/http://www.kff.in/film.php?f=436|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He edited the book of Upanishads. He resided few years in [[Uddharanpur]], [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman]] to gather experiences before writing another novel ''Uddharanpurer Gat''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CukvAAAAIAAJ&q=Abadhut+Uddharanpur|title=Indian Writing Today|date=1969|publisher=Nirmala Sadanand Publishers|language=en}}</ref> Abadhuta also practised [[Tantra]] in his personal life.<ref>{{Cite news |title=সম্পাদক সমীপেষু: মুক্ত কণ্ঠকে এত ভয়! |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/letters-to-the-editor/state-machinery-always-feared-telugu-poet-varavara-rao-1.1184166 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140028/https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/letters-to-the-editor/state-machinery-always-feared-telugu-poet-varavara-rao-1.1184166 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=11 June 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> He established Rudrachandi Math in [[Chinsurah]] and live his last life there till death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prohor |title=তাঁর সাহিত্যে মৃত্যু এক চরিত্র: সাহিত্য ও জীবনদর্শনে অবধূত - Prohor |url=https://www.prohor.in/index.php/a-special-write-up-on-abadhut |access-date=11 June 2025 |website=তাঁর সাহিত্যে মৃত্যু এক চরিত্র: সাহিত্য ও জীবনদর্শনে অবধূত - Prohor |language=en}}</ref> | ||
[[File:House of author Kalikananda Abadhuta, at Chinsura 05.jpg|left|thumb|Statue of Kalikananda Abadhuta, beside his house at Chinsura, Hooghly]] | |||
He was secretly associated with revolutionary work. He hid himself in different places for two decades. The names of those places are still unknown. He spent several places hiding in Faridpur of Bangladesh, Burma (now Myanmar) outside India, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. He was also a pujari of the Kalimandir of Kashi in Uttar Pradesh and also spent several years of his life at Jajan in Murshidabad, Uddharanpur Ghat in Burdwan. He also visited Hinglaj Mata mandir in Balochistan province of Pakistan. | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:48, 8 February 2026
Kalikananda Abadhut | |
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| Born | Dulal Chandra Mukherjee 2 November 1910 |
| Died | 13 April 1978 Chinsurah, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
Notable work | Marutirtha Hinglaj Uddharanpurer Ghat |
Dulal Chandra Mukherjee (2 November 1910—13 April 1978), known by his pen name Kalikananda Abadhut, was an Indian novelist, saint and traveller who wrote in Bengali language.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Abadhut born to Anathnath Mukherjee in Bhowanipore, Calcutta (now Kolkata) of Bengal Presidency. His real name was Dulal Chandra Mukherjee but he took a pen name Kalikananda Abadhut.[1] After the death of his wife he became saint in Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain. He was mostly popular for his book Marutirtha Hinglaj which is based on real life experience about his pilgrimage to Hinglaj.[2] The film Marutirtha Hinglaj on his travelogue was also released in 1959.[3][4] He edited the book of Upanishads. He resided few years in Uddharanpur, Bardhaman to gather experiences before writing another novel Uddharanpurer Gat.[5] Abadhuta also practised Tantra in his personal life.[6] He established Rudrachandi Math in Chinsurah and live his last life there till death.[7]
He was secretly associated with revolutionary work. He hid himself in different places for two decades. The names of those places are still unknown. He spent several places hiding in Faridpur of Bangladesh, Burma (now Myanmar) outside India, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. He was also a pujari of the Kalimandir of Kashi in Uttar Pradesh and also spent several years of his life at Jajan in Murshidabad, Uddharanpur Ghat in Burdwan. He also visited Hinglaj Mata mandir in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Works[edit | edit source]
- Bohubrihee
- Bashikaran
- Debarigan
- Hinglajer Pare
- Uddharanpurer Ghat
- Kalitirtha Kalighat
- Marutirtha Hinglaj
- Kaushiki Kanara
- Piyari
- Nilkantha Himalaya
- Sachcha Darbar
- Saptaswara Pinakini
- Tappa Thungri
- Subhaya Bhabatu
- Sumeru Kumeru
- Swamighatini
- Kan Pete Roi
- Mon Mane Na
- Sukh Shanti Valobasa
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "সংসার থেকে পালাতে গিয়ে অবধূত যেন বিশ্বসংসারের বাসিন্দা হয়ে গেলেন". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ↑ Gupta, Swarupa (1 November 2017). Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India, c. 1850-1927. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-34976-6.
- ↑ Swarupa Gupta (November 2017). Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India. BRILL. ISBN 9789004349766. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ "Marutirtha Hinglaj". Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ Indian Writing Today. Nirmala Sadanand Publishers. 1969.
- ↑ "সম্পাদক সমীপেষু: মুক্ত কণ্ঠকে এত ভয়!". Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ↑ Prohor. "তাঁর সাহিত্যে মৃত্যু এক চরিত্র: সাহিত্য ও জীবনদর্শনে অবধূত - Prohor". তাঁর সাহিত্যে মৃত্যু এক চরিত্র: সাহিত্য ও জীবনদর্শনে অবধূত - Prohor. Retrieved 11 June 2025.