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unusual facts about Swami Nigamananda



Kutabpur

Religious personality Swami Nigamananda having been born in this village had shown the world, the path of Gyana(ज्ञान)-Shankara and Prema( प्रेम) -Gouranga.

Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

Swami Nigamananda had taken a short retirement from his busy work, left Assam Bangiya Saraswata Matha, Jorhat, (Assam) and came to Puri in 1923.

Shanti Ashram

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.


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Nilachala Saraswata Sangha

On 20 March 1930 (Thursday) he met Swami Nigamananda for the first time at Nilachala Kutir.

Banamali Dash, Durga Charan Mohanty along with devotees, who were coming on the quest of truth and knowledge to Nilachala Kutir, sought permission from Swami Nigamananda to celebrate His birth day at Nilachala Kutir (Puri) on 24 August 1934, Full Moon day(Shraban Purnima).

Durga Charan Mohanty noted all discussion, advices of Swami Nigamananda and various everyday happening at Nilachala Kutir and later published it in books called “Nilachala Vani"( नीलाचल वाणी) and "Nigama Upadesha”(निगम उपदेश).

NSS (Puri) is one of the important spiritual foundation of Swami Nigamananda after Saraswata Matha, established at Kokilamukh, Jorhat in 1912.