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'''Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath''' (17 February 1892 – 6 December 1982) was an Indian spiritual master. Addressed as Sri Sri Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnath, where "Omkar" signifies the supreme cosmic enlightenment and attaining supreme consciousnes, he was heralded as the Divine Incarnate (Avatar) of ''[[Kali Yuga]]'' and espoused the doctrines of Sanatan Dharma and Vedic spiritual path to countless devotees from across the world, with central theme and paramount importance on the beneficence of Divine Chanting [[Nāma|Naam]] of Hare Krishna Hare Ram - regarded as the omnipotent "Tarak Brahma Naam" the chant of soul deliverance in ''Kali Yuga'' and "Moksha" liberation from cycle of birth and death. As such, his disciples continue to worship him as an incarnation of the Lord himself and is verily regarded as an eternal source of spiritual enlightenment and soul succour to all seekers.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sanjib|last=Chattopadhyay |title=Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Shivthakurer kache ki Mantra peyechilen |page=12 |newspaper=[[Bartaman]] Patrika (Bengali: বর্তমান) |date=19 February 2011 }}</ref> because his life had been predicted in a manuscript of [[Achyutananda]] Dasa.  Sitaramdas Omkarnath wrote more than 150 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,<ref name="Omkar Math Omkareshwar">{{cite web |title=Omkar Math Omkareshwar |url=http://omkareshwar.org/omkar-math/# |accessdate=2015-04-07}}</ref> 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''.

Omkarnath was born in an uncle's house at Keota village in [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], on 6 [[Falgun]] 1892. His given name was Probodh Chandra Chattopadhyay, and his parents were Pranhari Chattopadhyay and Mallabati Devi. Pranhari was a pious [[Brahmin]] and worked as a village physician in Dumurdaha, Hooghly district.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} The ''[[kuladevata]]'' (family deity) was Brajanath ([[Krishna]]).<ref name=Petsche>{{cite journal|last1=Petsche|first1=Johana J.M.|title=The Divine Life of Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath, by C. Varadarajan, fourth edition|journal=International Journal for the Study of New Religions|date=29 July 2014|volume=5|issue=1|pages=106–107|doi=10.1558/ijsnr.v5i1.106|url=https://www.academia.edu/5838367|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref>

Omkarnath died in the early hours of 6 December 1982. His body was placed at Sri Ramashram, Dumurdaha, so that people could pay their respects. He was cremated on a [[sandalwood]] pyre on 8 December.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full text of "s.v.u.oriental journal"