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{{Short description|Bengal Vaishnava religious leader}} | |||
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{{Infobox Hindu leader | {{Infobox Hindu leader | ||
|name = | |honorific prefix = Sri Sri | ||
| | |name = Prabhu Jagadbandhu | ||
|honorific suffix = Sundar | |||
|image = Prabhu Jagadbandhu.jpg | |image = Prabhu Jagadbandhu.jpg | ||
|caption = | |caption = | ||
|religion = [[Hinduism]] | |religion = [[Hinduism]] | ||
|birth_date = {{birth date|1871|4|28|df=y}} | |birth_date = {{birth date|1871|4|28|df=y}} | ||
|birth_place = | |birth_place = [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
|birth_name = | |birth_name = | ||
|full_name = | |full_name = | ||
|death_date = {{death date and age|1921|09|17|1871|4|28|df=y}} | |death_date = {{death date and age|1921|09|17|1871|4|28|df=y}} | ||
|death_place = [[ | |death_place = [[Faridpur, Bangladesh|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
|spouse = | |spouse = | ||
|known_for = | |known_for = | ||
|founder = [[Mahanam | |founder = [[Mahanam Sampradaya]] | ||
|guru = | |guru = | ||
|philosophy = [[Bhakti | |philosophy = [[Bhakti Yoga]] | ||
|honors = | |honors = | ||
|literary_works = ''Sangkirtan Padamrta'' and other [[ | |literary_works = ''Sangkirtan Padamrta'' and other ''[[Kirtan]]'' songs | ||
|disciples = | |disciples = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Prabhu Jagadbandhu''' was a religious | '''Prabhu Jagadbandhu''' was a Hindu religious person from [[Bengal]].{{sfn|Mandal|2012}} He spent much of his life meditating and preaching at the [[Sri Angan]] ashram in modern India and Bangladesh. His teachings inspired the founding of a Krishnaite [[Hindu reform movements|Hindu revival movement]] in the last decade of the 19th century<ref name="Carney">{{cite book |surname=Carney |given=Gerald T. |chapter=Baba Premananda Bharati: his trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hTADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT135 |title=The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal |editor1=Ferdinando Sardella |editor2=Lucian Wong |year=2020 |place=Milton, Oxon; New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=140–141 |isbn=978-1-138-56179-3 |series=Routledge Hindu Studies Series}}</ref> and later on [[Mahanam Sampradaya]], a monastic organisation. His devotees equate him with and also believes that he is [[Krishna]] and [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. | ||
==Early life== | |||
In April 1871 (16th [[Baishakh]], 1278 BS), Prabhu Jagadbandhu was born in the village of Dahapara in the [[Murshidabad district]], within the [[Bengal Presidency]] of [[British India]]. His father, Dinanauth Chakravarty Nyayratna, was a Brahmin scholar. Dinanauth held the honorific title of ‘Nyayratna’ and made significant contributions to the region's scholarly heritage through his teaching. His mother’s name was Bamadevi.<ref>{{cite web | title=Prabhu Jagadandhu (Life Briefly Penned)| website=Internet Archive | date=2016-10-23 | url=https://archive.org/stream/LiliaLifeOfPrabhuJagatbandhuSunder/prabhu_JagatBandhu_book_KLD_djvu.txt | access-date=2025-11-21}}</ref> | |||
Prabhu Jagadbandhu spent his childhood in a Vaishnava family in Gobindapur, Faridpur. His formal schooling began at the local Banga Vidyalaya. He subsequently studied up to the third grade at Faridpur High School. Later, after a brief stint at Ranchi H.E. School and finally continuing his studies up to the first grade at Pabna Zilla School, his formal institutional education concluded at the age of approximately sixteen. Under the direct tutelage of his father, he studied Sanskrit grammar, Nyaya Shastra (logic), and major Vaishnava scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana. | |||
When their ancestral homestead was lost to riverbank erosion by the Padma, Prabhu Jagadbandhu, then approximately twelve years old, relocated to Brahmankanda village and subsequently to the Pabna region. During his stay in Pabna, at around the age of sixteen, he used to spend long periods beneath a Keli-Kadamba tree.<ref>{{cite web | title=Life and Teachings of Prabhu Jagadandhu| url=https://ia800608.us.archive.org/21/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.461540/2015.461540.Life-And_text.pdf | access-date=2025-11-21}}</ref> | |||
==Life and teachings== | ==Life and teachings== | ||
Prabhu | Prabhu Jagadbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]], to the family of a [[Sanskrit]] scholar.{{sfn|Mandal|2012}} His birthday, on [[Sita Navami]], is celebrated as ''Bandhu Navami''. He was devout and always sung ''[[Kirtan#Styles of Hindu Kirtan|Kirtans]]'' to [[Krishna]] and [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. | ||
Prabhu Jagadbandu summarised his teachings:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collection by|first=Brahmachari Parimalbadhu Das|title=Bandhu Ved Bani [Veda quotes of Bandhu]|publisher=Sri Mahanambrata Cultural and Welfare Trust|location=Kolkata, India|pages=1}}</ref> | |||
{{Blockquote|text=Show kindness and compassion and do well to all people. Make a free gift of religion to all. Initiation in the hallowed name of Hari is the sure means of attaining salvation (i.e; deliverance from all agonies and sufferings). This is the secret of salvation. This is the secret of eternal good done to others.|author=Prabhu Jagadbandu|title=|source=}} | |||
Prabhu Jagadbandu composed eight books on the worship of God through kirtan: ''Shrimatisangkirtan'', ''Shrimansangkirtan'', ''Bibidhasabgit'' (the first three were printed together under the title of ''Sangkirtan Padamrta''), ''Shrisangkirtan'', ''Padavali'', ''Shrishriharikatha'', ''Chandrapath'', ''Trikal'', and ''Uddharana''.{{sfn|Mandal|2012}} | |||
Prabhu Jagadbandu died on 17 September 1921 in [[Faridpur, Bangladesh|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] near the [[Sri Angan]] ashram. His remains are worshipped through the sandalwood casket that preserves his holy body. All of his followers believes that he will someday come out from the sandalwood casket after hearing the Mahanam Mahakirtan. | |||
Prabhu | [[Prabhu Jagatbandhu College]] in [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], is named after him. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Bengali Hindu saints]] | [[Category:Bengali Hindu saints]] | ||
[[Category:Devotees of Krishna]] | [[Category:Devotees of Krishna]] | ||
[[Category:Founders of new religious movements]] | [[Category:Founders of new religious movements]] | ||
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Sri Sri Prabhu Jagadbandhu Sundar | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 28 April 1871 |
| Died | 17 September 1921 (aged 50) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Founder of | Mahanam Sampradaya |
| Philosophy | Bhakti Yoga |
| Religious career | |
| Literary works | Sangkirtan Padamrta and other Kirtan songs |
Prabhu Jagadbandhu was a Hindu religious person from Bengal.[1] He spent much of his life meditating and preaching at the Sri Angan ashram in modern India and Bangladesh. His teachings inspired the founding of a Krishnaite Hindu revival movement in the last decade of the 19th century[2] and later on Mahanam Sampradaya, a monastic organisation. His devotees equate him with and also believes that he is Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Early life[edit | edit source]
In April 1871 (16th Baishakh, 1278 BS), Prabhu Jagadbandhu was born in the village of Dahapara in the Murshidabad district, within the Bengal Presidency of British India. His father, Dinanauth Chakravarty Nyayratna, was a Brahmin scholar. Dinanauth held the honorific title of ‘Nyayratna’ and made significant contributions to the region's scholarly heritage through his teaching. His mother’s name was Bamadevi.[3]
Prabhu Jagadbandhu spent his childhood in a Vaishnava family in Gobindapur, Faridpur. His formal schooling began at the local Banga Vidyalaya. He subsequently studied up to the third grade at Faridpur High School. Later, after a brief stint at Ranchi H.E. School and finally continuing his studies up to the first grade at Pabna Zilla School, his formal institutional education concluded at the age of approximately sixteen. Under the direct tutelage of his father, he studied Sanskrit grammar, Nyaya Shastra (logic), and major Vaishnava scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana. When their ancestral homestead was lost to riverbank erosion by the Padma, Prabhu Jagadbandhu, then approximately twelve years old, relocated to Brahmankanda village and subsequently to the Pabna region. During his stay in Pabna, at around the age of sixteen, he used to spend long periods beneath a Keli-Kadamba tree.[4]
Life and teachings[edit | edit source]
Prabhu Jagadbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India, to the family of a Sanskrit scholar.[1] His birthday, on Sita Navami, is celebrated as Bandhu Navami. He was devout and always sung Kirtans to Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Prabhu Jagadbandu summarised his teachings:[5]
Show kindness and compassion and do well to all people. Make a free gift of religion to all. Initiation in the hallowed name of Hari is the sure means of attaining salvation (i.e; deliverance from all agonies and sufferings). This is the secret of salvation. This is the secret of eternal good done to others.
— Prabhu Jagadbandu
Prabhu Jagadbandu composed eight books on the worship of God through kirtan: Shrimatisangkirtan, Shrimansangkirtan, Bibidhasabgit (the first three were printed together under the title of Sangkirtan Padamrta), Shrisangkirtan, Padavali, Shrishriharikatha, Chandrapath, Trikal, and Uddharana.[1]
Prabhu Jagadbandu died on 17 September 1921 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India near the Sri Angan ashram. His remains are worshipped through the sandalwood casket that preserves his holy body. All of his followers believes that he will someday come out from the sandalwood casket after hearing the Mahanam Mahakirtan.
Prabhu Jagatbandhu College in Howrah, West Bengal, India, is named after him.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mandal 2012.
- ↑ Carney, Gerald T. (2020). "Baba Premananda Bharati: his trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West". In Ferdinando Sardella; Lucian Wong (eds.). The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal. Routledge Hindu Studies Series. Milton, Oxon; New York: Routledge. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1-138-56179-3.
- ↑ "Prabhu Jagadandhu (Life Briefly Penned)". Internet Archive. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ↑ "Life and Teachings of Prabhu Jagadandhu" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ↑ Collection by, Brahmachari Parimalbadhu Das. Bandhu Ved Bani [Veda quotes of Bandhu]. Kolkata, India: Sri Mahanambrata Cultural and Welfare Trust. p. 1.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Mandal, Paresh Chandra (2012). "Jagadbandhu". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Jagadbandhu in Bengali