ABOUT US - SRI SRI RAM THAKUR ASHRAM, HARIDWAR

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SRI SRI RAM THAKUR ASHRAM, HARIDWAR

Background

1.. Sri Sri Ram Thakur (Birth: 21^st Magha, 1266 (Bengali), 2^nd Feb, 1960 (English) at Dinga Manik village, Distt-Faridpore, Bangladesh) who is Almighty Powerful God came on earth as human being as “Abtar Great Saint” who was Himself as “Abtar Chaitanya Mahaprabhu” earlier on this earth. Sri Sri Thakur had fulfilled the desire of Bhaktas for establishment of Kaivalya Dham’ at Chitagaon (Bangladesh) and thereafter, at Jadavpur Kaivalya Dham, Kolkata, West Bengal (India). Later on, many Mandirs/Ashrams of Sri Sri Ram Thakur were established in various places in Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Delhi etc. in India.

2. All Ashritas/Bhaktas believe that He has held the whole Universe. Sri Sri Thakur has enlightened with Mantras/’Holy Sriam’ inside our souls (jibatmas). He says that this ‘Nam’/Mantra is the greatest weapon of our lives and by virtue of this continuous practice, one can realise heartily ‘Almighty Powerful God/Goddess, subject to “Sri Guru Kripa”which is the very rarest, but nothing impossible, depends on perseverance, greatest honest efforts, truthfulness, patience and tolerance. “Mohima” of the “Holy Nam” is that Thakurashrita/Bhakta (He/She) can tackle easily by virtue of reciting “Holy Nam” continuously always at any circumstances for any hurdle/danger destined in his/her fate was to be occurred. In the written fate which danger is coming in future definitely in one’s life must occur, but its affect will fall very lightly due to absorbing in reciting ‘Holy Nam’ This is called ‘Mohima of Holy Nam’. Thus, Strong/blind belief to Sri Sri Thakur (God) helps anyone to realise ‘Nityanand’/paramatma. Original advice/instructions of Sriguru are:-

(a) To recite ‘Holy Nam’ continuously at any stage.

(b) To follow true path always.

(d) To keep patience always.

(e) To keep tolerance always.

(f) To do honest works always.

(g) To keep strong/blind belief to Srriguru.

Establishment of Ashram

3. After leaving human body of Sri Sri Thakur, Mohanta Moharaj has possessed for implying ‘Holy Srinam’ thereafter from time to time as per order of Sri Sri Thakur. Accordingly, in 2002, Srimat Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury, Fifth Mohanta Moharaj of Kaivalya Dham came in Delhi Sri Sri Satyanarayan Mandir and informed His willingness to me (Chandan Bhowmik), Mohan Samanta and Shri Rakhal Debnath for establishment of Mandir/Ashram of Sri Sri Ram Thakur at most important places in India i.e. at Haridwar, Vrindavan, Benaras, Gaya and Puri.

According to His advice, first preference is Haridwar. We are grateful to the Fifth Mohanta Moharaj for his valuable advice. In this regard, we are also grateful to respected Srimat Bidhu Bhusan Chakraborty, grand son of Sri Sri Ram Thakur and Smt Gouri Chakraborty, wife of Shri Bidhu Bhusan Chakraborty who inspired us specially for establishment of the Ashram at Haridwar. After best efforts, we registered a small land with one storey building measuring 157 Sq. Yds after forming a Committee at Delhi in 30-11-2011 comprising following members:-

(a) Shri Naresh Hazra, President

(b) Dr. Rupak Biswas, Vice President

(d) Shri Utpal Das, Joint Secretary

(e) Shri Partha Bhattachajee, Treasurer

(f) Shri Narayan Adhikari, Assistant Treasurer

(g) Shri Mohan Samanta, member

(h) Shri Rakhal Debnath, Member

(j) Smt Pravati Chakraborty, Member

4. Pan Card and Bank Account (Current) in Bank of Baroda at Nehru Place, New Delhi was opened on 15-02-2012. A savings account at Hardiwar at PNB was also opened later on in 2014. The Committee was enlarged for the smooth functioning of the Ashram. Before establishment, the Ashram was beautifully renovated and a big hall for Mandir was constructed in between September to November 2014 and thereafter, on 07-12-2014, the Mandir was established as ‘Establishment Day Festival’ commencing ‘Akhand Mohanam Sankirtan’ (Astaprahar) in the evening from 07-12-2014 to 08-12-2014 up to Satyanarayan Puja in the evening. In this regard, Ganga Abahan Puja at Harkipuri Ghat (Haridwar) together with Mohanam Sankirtan from Mandir to Harkipuri Ghat and back to Mandir after performing Puja with a large gathering roadshow of Sradhyalu with great amusement. In the evening on 07-12-2014, ‘Adhibas Kirtan’ with Sriguru Bandana, Guru Pranam, Vedvani recitation, discussion about Sri Sri Thakur etc. were performed and at a time, Sri Sri Satyanarayan Puja was also performed. ’Akhand Mohanam Sankirtan’ was commenced after Adhibas Kirtan.

5. The next day (08-12-2014), Bhog Puja was performed. At least 1000 Bhaktas participated in the Festival and Mohabhog Prasad was taken by them with great delight. In the evening, they relished ‘Sirni Prasad’ of Sri Sri Satyanarayan every day. Many bhaktas/sradhyalus from various places such a Delhi NCR, West Bengal, Asam, Tripura, Mumbai, Pune etc participated in this festival. Thus, the festival was performed with great amusement. Since then (wef 07-12-2014), Nitya Pujas (morning, noon, afternoon and evening) are being performed. Besides this, bhandaras are distributed amongst poor people during main festivals. The Ashram is being looked after by four Sevayets regularly. Since then, establishment festival is being performed every year.

6. The Committee had been reshuffled in Jul 2019. Shri SK Bhowmik was selected as President. However, he expired in Nov 2019. We are grateful for his noble activities. The present Office Bearers are as under: –

(a) Shri Naresh Hazra, President

(b) Shri Samar Krishna Ghoshal, Vice President

(d) Dr. Rupak Biswas, Vice President

(e) Shri Pradyot Kumar Bhowmik (Chandan), Secretary

(f) Shri Rakhal Debnath, Joint Secretary

(g) Mrinal Kanti De, Joint Secretary

(h) Shri Utpal Das, Joint Secretary

(j) Shri Partha Bhattacharjee, Treasurer

(K) Shri Mohan Samanta, Member

(l) Shri Debabrata Chanda, member

(m) Smt Pravati Chakraborty, Member

(n) Shri Jai Shankar Bal, Member

(o) Smt Ruma Ghosal, Member

In 2018, second floor was constructed above big hall with six rooms as Bhakta Nivas.