Kripasaran was a 19th and 20th-century Buddhist monk and yogi, best known for reviving Buddhism in British India.
10 Facts About Kripasaran
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Kripasaran led a renaissance of Buddhist thought and culture in nineteenth century India.
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Kripasaran was born in the village of Unainpura, Chittagong, on 22 June 1865.
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Kripasaran's parents were members of the Barua Magh community, a group of mixed Bengali-speaking Arakanese who had migrated north to southern Chittagong after the Burmese conquest of Arakan in 1785.
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Kripasaran was ordained at the age of 16 and then became fully ordained as a bhikkhu at the age of 20 under Candramohan, the respected elder of the Sangharaja Nikaya.
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Kripasaran founded Buddha Dharmankur Sabha in Calcutta in October 1892.
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Kripasaran authored Sakpura Bauddha Batak Samity in 1908 and Satbaria Mahila Sammelani in 1917.
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Kripasaran started a facility in Ranchi in 1915 and in 1922.
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Kripasaran renovated Buddhist templates such as the Vihara of Noapara in 1913, Unainepura in 1921 and Rangamati in 1921.
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Kripasaran organised a World Buddhist Conference from 6 Dec 1924 at Nalanda Park, Calcutta.