Sri Anirvan, born Narendra Chandra Dhar, was an Indian Hindu monk, writer and philosopher.
12 Facts About Anirvan
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Sri Anirvan was born on 8 July 1896 in the town of Mymensingh, then a part of British India and now in Bangladesh.
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Anirvan was the son of Rajchandra Dhar, a doctor, and Sushila Devi.
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Anirvan was a spiritually and intellectually inclined child, who by age 11 had memorised the Astadhyayi of Panini and the Bhagavad Gita.
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Anirvan was named Baroda Brahmachari after going through the sacred thread ceremony.
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Anirvan won a state scholarship as a teen and completed university IA and BA degrees at the University of Dhaka and an MA from the Sanskrit College of the University of Calcutta.
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Anirvan was a disciple of the ashram's founder, Paramahansa Srimat Swami Nigamananda Saraswati Dev, who initiated him into sannyas.
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Anirvan taught at the ashram school and edited its monthly magazine Aryyadarpan.
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Some time after 1930, Nirvanananda changed his name to Anirvan and ceased to wear the ochre swami's robes.
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Anirvan travelled widely in North India, eventually returning to Assam and establishing an ashram in Kamakhya near Guwahati.
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Sri Anirvan made his final move, to Calcutta, in 1965.
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Anirvan died on 31 May 1978, after a six-year illness.