Shanti Ashram was founded for the first time by Swami Nigamananda on Akshay Tritiya at Kumilla Durgapur in 1314 B.S. Then Shanti Ashram was shifted to Gendaria in Dhaka in 1318 B.S. Sri Gouranga Anath Niketan was founded there on 26th Agrahayana 1318 B.S. The noble purpose behind it is to serve the distressed, the grieved, the sick and the poor.