Thakur Anukulchandra

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Thakur Anukulchandra (1888–1969) was an Indian Hindu guru, physician, and founder of the Satsang ashram.

Anukulchandra was born on 14 September 1888 in Himaitpur village in the Pabna district of Bangladesh. His father was Shibchandra Chakraborty and his mother was Manomohini Devi.

Anukulchandra set up a Satsanga ashram, first at Pabna in Bangladesh, and then at Deoghar in India, for fostering spiritual development. The four ideals of Satsanga are education, agriculture, industry, and good marriage. He also set up schools, charitable hospitals, engineering workshops, a publishing house, and a printing press. He was a prolific writer; noted among his ninety-four books are Satyanusaran, Punyapunthi, Anushruti, Chalar Sathi, Shashvati, and Pritibinayak.

Anukulchandra was initiated into devotional ways by his mother. This led to his forming a Satsang party and performing Satsang. Sometimes during a performance, he would go into a trance. His utterances during these trances known as “messages” were later collected and published in a book called Punyapunthi. It was at this time that he started being addressed as “Thakur”.

In 1946 Anukulchandra went to Deoghar in Bihar and set up an ashram there on the model of Satsang. He did not return to Pabna after the partition of India, but continued to live in Deoghar, where he died on 26 January 1969.

At some point he wrote Anukul Gita.