Adyananda Avadhuta

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Adyananda Avadhuta
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Father Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Died 20 January 2014
Location in Sarkarverse
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Acarya Adyananda Avadhuta (??—20 January 2014) was a monk of Ananda Marga order. In the mid 1980s, after receiving permission from Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Adyananda joined Ananda Marga's WT Cadre. At the time he was 55 years old. Since then Adyananda worked as a full-time worker of Ananda Marga.[1] In 2013, he was working in the bookstore of Ananda Marga Kolkata's Publications Department. During this period, he provided the inspiration for an artwork for which he had great hopes.[2]

His vision of the power of art

Many people regarded Adyananda as a very simple person, but he had a capacity for original thinking regarding the challenge of bringing about a spiritual society. Probably it was his work in the bookstore that first caused him to notice a book on Neohumanist education and the illustration on its cover, an illustration depicting the cycle of creation. He had a particular love for Prabhat Samgiita song #3768, which uses the imagery of the six Bengalee seasons, and he began to develop a vision.

Anek tapasyáy calendar

His idea was to bring out a calendar with only one illustration for the whole year – an illustration of the six seasons that would include other imagery of the song – all in a circular form like the cover illustration he had seen. Each year such a calendar would depict a different Prabhat Samgiita song. He thought of the sale of the calendar as a source of income for the monks and nuns of Delhi Sector. And above all, he thought of the calendar as a source of inspiration for all those who would see it. He hoped that the world could come to appreciate the beauty of Prabhat Samgiita, and become spiritually elevated thereby. He hoped that the calendar would hang in the lobby of the United Nations building in New York.

Finally in 2002 he inspired a monk who had some of the necessary skills, to help him raise a little money for the printing of the calendar, to find an artist – Rameshananda Avadhuta, known for his murals – and to produce the calendar.

Unfortunately, it did not sell well, and therefore in subsequent years he was not able to attract the necessary financing again.

Death

In 2013—2014, he was suffering from several old age related diseases [example needed]. He died around 7.00 pm on 20 January 2014 in VIP Nagar, Kolkata.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ananda Marga News Bulletin
  2. ^ Email from Ac Acyutananda to Sarkarverse