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SRI PRAHLAD CHANDRA BRAHMACHARI
       

Sri Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari was born in the remove village of Purushottampur in Orissa. Being born in a pauper family, he had to go out to get alms his childhood for the whole family. One day, while begging for food, he was advised by a person that he should climb on the mountain where numerous sadhus and saints meditate. So, he went on the mountain and served the saints by providing them wood for their sacred fire ceremonies.

       

During his stay in the mountainour deep jungle, one night he had an encounter with a mysterious personage to whom he referred as ‘my guru’. After this he returned home to lead a peaceful life with his prarents. But financial crisis of the family forced him to immigrate to Kolkata and beg for the livelihood of his family. But he never forgot to meditate on the banks of the Ganges river. Later he became a chief proest in the temple of Kuldana and Ramnathpur village. In 1976, he went to America to spread the message of humanity. He died in 1982.