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unusual facts about Acharya



Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College

Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College or ABN Seal, earlier Victoria College, is a co-educational college in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

Acharya Nagarjuna University

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a university in the region of Namburu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Acharya Pathasala Public School

Acharya Pathasala is an organization in southern Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Araniko

While Nepalese history does not have any record of Arniko and everything that is known of him comes from Chinese accounts, Chinese history and historian Baburam Acharya opines that Arniko could possibly be from Patan, a place famous for sculptures and fine arts.

Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami

In 1942, after the disappearance of his Guru, Srila Sarasvati Prabhupada, Swami Bon voted for Swami Bhakti Vilas Tirtha to be the next Acharya of the Gaudiya Math.

Bhoodan movement

The Bhoodan Movement (Hindi: भूदान, Urdu: بھودان) or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 started at Pochampally village now known as Bhoodan Pochampally.

Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar got to know Acharya Kosambi during Indian's fight for independence, and Kosambi's influence on him played a part in Ambedkar's decision to convert to Buddhism when he decided to change his religion.

Drona Prasad Acharya

Drona Prasad Acharya was a Nepalese politician, writer and journalist from Bhadrapur.

Gandhi Global Family medals and awards

The recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi Award are the Indian Air Force and Indian Army for their work of rehabilitation and resettlement of Jammu and Kashmir State after the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake and Jain Acharya Samrat Dr Shiv Muni ji Maharaj of Sthanakvasi for promoting universal peace and brotherhood.

Gitamohanam

The dancers like Guru Ratikant Mohapatra, Padmashree Gangadhar Pradhan Sujata Mohapatra, Rajashree Praharaj, Shilpa Shetty, Dona Ganguly, Rahul Acharya and many more have Choreographed the songs of the small poetry, Gitamohanam.

Hari Bansha Acharya

3. ChinoHarayeko Manchhe (An autobiography of Hari Bansa Acharya written by himself, 2013)

Kalady

To pay respect to Sree Sankara Acharya, this Mutt was given special Archana rights at Sri Krishna Temple, the temple of the ancestral deity of Sankara, in 825 CE.

Kaliprasanna Singha

Eminent gentlemen like Krishnadas Pal, Acharya Krishna Kamal Bhattacharya, Peari Chand Mitra, and Radhanath Sikdar were associated with it.

Kanji Swami

It houses Samayasar in the main temple and the words of Acharya Kundakunda's five main treatises have been engraved on its walls.

He directed his teachings to the subject of the soul and to Acharya Kundakunda's representation of it as the one eternal and unconditional entity.

Kundakunda

Kundakunda (also Kundkund) is a celebrated Jain Acharya, Jain scholar monk, 2nd century CE, composer of spiritual classics such as: Samayasara, Niyamasara, Panchastikayasara, Pravachansara, Atthapahuda and Barasanuvekkha.

Mahasharman

Acharya Mahashraman (born 13 May 1962) is the eleventh Acharya, supreme head of Jain Swetembar Terapanth group.

Meera Kosambi

She is the youngest daughter of a prominent Marxist historian and mathematician, D.D. Kosambi, and granddaughter of Acharya Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi, prominent Buddhist Schloar and a Pāli language expert.

Nakshatra Bagwe

Nakshatra studied and is an alumnus of G.S. college, Birla College, N.G. Acharya, Kirti College.

Nalandabodhi

Nalandabodhi is overseen by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and several western Mitras and eastern lamas and acharyas.

Narnaul

Famous yog guru Swami Ramdev completed his initial education in this gurukul under the guidance of Acharya Praduman ji maharaj.

P. D. T. Acharya

D. T. Acharya (born 17 June 1945) is the former Secretary General of the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India, i.e. the House of the People in the Indian Parliament (similar to the British House of Commons).

Rakeshprasad Pande

Rakeshprasad Pande (Devnagari: राकेशप्रसाद्) (23 July 1966 – present) is the current Acharya of the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi of Swaminarayan Sampraday (31 January 2003–present) and the 9th Spiritual Successor of Swaminarayan in the South Diocese (Vadtal, LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi) of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.

Saman Suttam

After a gap of about nearly two thousand years following composition of Tattvartha Sutra by Acharya Umasvati this was the first text to be recognized by all Jain sects.

Sambalpuri saree

Other master craftsmen who contributed to the development of Sambalpuri textiles were Padmashree Kailash Chandra Meher, Padmashree Kunja Bihari Meher, Padmashree Chatrubhuja Meher and Padmashree Krutharth Acharya.

Satyakam

Satyapriya's conviction is guided by his ascetic grandfather 'Daddaji' Satyasharan Acharya (Ashok Kumar)'s world views, whose pursuit of truth has led to him living in isolation in a Gurukula studying religious philosophy and observing a variety of rigid rituals.

Shinjō Itō

He trained at the Daigo-ji monastery and became a Great Master (Great Acharya) of Shingon Buddhism, and founded Shinnyo-en in 1936.

Siddhachakra

Ratnamandira Gani or Acharya Ratnashekhara wrote about the legend of Shripal in Siri-Sirivala-Kaha in Prakrit along with Siddhachakra Puja in 1372 or 1362 CE, the earliest known reference.

Snehansu Kanta Acharya

Barrister Snehansu Kanta Acharya was a former Advocate General of West Bengal, India and a Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader.


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